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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of plants, of a single species, F. Californica, a common shrub upon the dry hills of California, known as California slippery-elm.

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  • noun flannelbush

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin, after John Charles Frémont.]

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