Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus consisting of only one species.
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- noun one species
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Examples
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Christmas trees (Nuytsia floribunda) become locally dominant in drier areas.
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Whether this holds good in the Loranths, where (_Nuytsia_, _Psittacanthus_) an appearance of polycotyledony exists, is not stated.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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