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from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, widely separated: applied by Richard to anthers in which the cells are separated by a very long and narrow connective, as in the genus Salvia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Tending or serving to draw apart.
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- adjective botany Tending or serving to
draw apart .
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