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SCHOENUS
\skˈə͡ʊnəs], \skˈəʊnəs], \s_k_ˈəʊ_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of SCHOENUS
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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sk[=
e
]'nus,
n
.
a
genus
of
monocotyledonous
plants
of
the
sedge
family
. [Gr. schoinos,
a
rush
.]
1908
- Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson
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