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Webster 1913 Edition
Euryale
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Eu-ry′a-le
,Noun.
[NL., fr.
Euryale
, one of the Gorgons.] 1.
(Bot.)
A genus of water lilies, growing in India and China. The only species (
Euryale ferox
) is very prickly on the peduncles and calyx. The rootstocks and seeds are used as food. 2.
(Zoöl.)
A genus of ophiurans with much-branched arms.