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Definition: ADELASTER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Adelaster" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Adelaster \Ad*e*las"ter\, noun. [Greek expression not manifest star.]. (references)

Definition: ADELASTER

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ADELASTER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Adelaster \Ad*e*las"ter\, noun. [Greek expression not manifest star.]. (references)