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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A European annual plant, Chlora perfoliata, of the gentian family.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (
Chlora perfoliata ). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Blackstonia perfoliata, a
gentianaceous plant with bright yellowflowers .
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