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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of coarse polypodiaceous ferns resembling various species of Goniopteris and Dryopteris and having fronds 1–7 feet high, usually once pinnate.
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- noun terrestrial ferns of tropical Americas
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The old trunks of the cyathea and the meniscium are covered with a carbonaceous powder, which, probably being deprived of hydrogen, has a metallic lustre like plumbago.
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The old trunks of the cyathea and the meniscium are covered with a carbonaceous powder, which, probably being deprived of hydrogen, has a metallic lustre like plumbago.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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