SARCOCEPHALUS
\sˈɑːkə͡ʊsfˌaləs], \sˈɑːkəʊsfˌaləs], \s_ˈɑː_k_əʊ_s_f_ˌa_l_ə_s]\
Definitions of SARCOCEPHALUS
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- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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sär-k[=o]-sef'-a-lus, n. a genus of gamopetalous plants of the natural order Rubiaceæ, native to the tropics of Asia and Africa--including the country-fig, Guinea peach, African cinchona, &c. [Gr. sarx, sarkos, flesh, kephal[=e], the head.]
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