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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of liliaceous plants, of the tribe Narthecieæ.
  • noun [lowercase] A plant of this genus.

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  • noun small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

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