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Sigillaria
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Sigˊil-la′ri-a
,Noun.
pl.
[L., from
sigillum
a seal. See Sigil
.] (Rom. Antic.)
Little images or figures of earthenware exposed for sale, or given as presents, on the last two days of the Saturnalia; hence, the last two, or the sixth and seventh, days of the Saturnalia.
‖Sigˊil-la′ri-a
,Noun.
[NL., fem sing. fr. L.
sigillum
a seal.] (Paleon.)
A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; – so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
Definition 2024
Sigillaria
Sigillaria
See also: sigillaria
Translingual
restoration of a Sigillaria fossil
Proper noun
†Sigillaria f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Lycopodiophytina - subphylum; Lycopodiopsida - class; Lycopodiales - order; Lepidodendraceae - family
Hyponyms
- For species see
Sigillaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies or 
Sigillaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
sigillaria
sigillaria
See also: Sigillaria
English
Noun
sigillaria (plural sigillarias)
- Any of the genus Sigillaria of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation, with seal-like leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
Etymology 2
Latin , from sigillum (“a seal”).
Noun
sigillaria pl (plural only)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) Little images or figures of earthenware sold or given as presents on the last two days of the saturnalia.
- (by extension) The last two days (i.e. the sixth and seventh) of the saturnalia.