sigillaria

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sigillaria - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sigillaria \Sig`il*la"ri*a\, n. pl. [L., from sigillum a seal.
     See Sigil.] (Rom. Antic.)
     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.
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  Sigillaria \Sig`il*la"ri*a\, n. [NL., fem sing. fr. L. sigillum
     a seal.] (Paleon.)
     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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