Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of scleroderm fishes, typical of the family Triacanthidæ and the subfamily Triacanthinæ, and including such species as T. brevirostris.
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The holly (Ilex opaca) and the hemlock spruce (Abies canadensis) should be mentioned; also the willow box (Buxus sempervirens); prickly ash (Xanthoxylum fraxineuma); honey locust (Gleditschia triacanthus) -- all these are either natives or are cultivated in the Confederate States.
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