n. (Greek antiquity) either of two battles in ancient Greece, one in which Philip of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC), or another in which Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC). [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. A genus of wildflowers of Western North America.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sphere + -enchyma as in parenchima. ] (Bot.) Vegetable tissue composed of thin-walled rounded cells, -- a modification of parenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sphere + E. spore. ] (Bot.) One of the nonsexual spores found in red algae; a tetraspore. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Min.) Same as Spherulite. [ 1913 Webster ]