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- noun botany A
hybrid which is formed by directhybridization of twospecies , not other hybrids
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek νόθος, bastard + species
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Wagner, W.H. Jr. and Wagner, F.S. (1984). new nothospecies of Moonwort (Ophioglossaceae botrychium).
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