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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of monocotyledonous plants, type of the family Burmanniaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth
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