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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A generic name applied to the rays or skates: equivalent to Raia.
  • noun A genus of dicotyledonous shrubs, the type and only genus of the family Batidaceæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs

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