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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia. Full definition →
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