Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants, of the order Ficoideæ, distinguished from
Mesembrayanthemum , the other genus of its tribe, Mesembryeæ, by its apetalous flowers.
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- noun New Zealand spinach
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Glenarvan, holding with one hand to a tuft of tetragonia, with the other holding his wife, waited with breathless anxiety.
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Glenarvan, holding with one hand to a tuft of tetragonia, with the other holding his wife, waited with breathless anxiety.
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