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TURRITIS

Volume 3 · 47 words · 1771 Edition

in botany, a genus of the tetradyamia siliquosa clas. The pod is very long, and angular; the calyx is connivent and erect; and the corolla is erect. There are two species, both natives of Britain, viz. the glabra, or great tower-mustard; and the hirsuta, or hairy tower-mustard.