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Meaning:

Noun:

  • botany A genus of large South American trees.
  • poetics A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
  • Scottish law A delay in bringing a claim.
  • phonology A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).

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