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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In phytogeography, growing in several countries, as a genus or species: opposed to endemic: introduced by Fenzl (1833), to replace the term sporadic of de Candolle. See sporadic.

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  • adjective occurring in, or inhabiting multiple regions

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