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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of apetalous plants, belonging to the tribe Mirabilieæ and the subtribe Boerhaavieæ, known by its many-flowered involucre of numerous separate bracts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus consisting of only one species.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
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