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An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose. →
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A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow. →
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A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence. →
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The personified sum and order of causes and effects; the powers which produce existing phenomena, whether in the total or in detail; the agencies which carry on the processes of creation or of being; -- often conceived of as a single and separate entity, embodying the total of all finite agencies and forces as disconnected from a creating or ordering intelligence. →