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- noun astronomy Genitive form of
Phoenix used when naming stars, such as α Phoenicis.
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[355] Jaeger, "De monstrosa folii _Phoenicis dactyliferæ_ conformatione a Goetheo olim observata,"'Act. Acad.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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