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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sigillaria

· Sig·il·la·ri·a · IPA /ˌsɪd͡ʒəˈlɛɹi.ə/
01 n. pl. 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…
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    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.(Rom. Antic.)
02 n. A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
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    A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.(Paleon.)