Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Jamaica, the Byrsonima cinerea, a small malpighiaceous tree, named from the shape and color of the petals.
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Examples
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Well, our infants 'wear department isn't helping to roll up the millions; and it ought to, because there are millions of babies born every year, and the golden-spoon kind are in the minority.
Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 1926
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Well, our infants 'wear department isn't helping to roll up the millions; and it ought to, because there are millions of babies born every year, and the golden-spoon kind are in the minority.
Fanny Herself 1917
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