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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of apetalous herbs of the order Urticaceæ, tribe Urticeæ, and subtribe Procrideæ, distinguished by the equilateral opposite leaves and loosely branched or somewhat condensed greenish cymes.
  • noun [lowercase] Plural of pileum.

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  • noun low-growing tropical perennials grown for their stingless foliage

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