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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the genus Sigillaria of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation, with seal-like leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.
2. 2
   Little images or figure made of earthenware or wax sold or given as presents on the last two days of the saturnalia. They were often figures of deities or fruit. In singular, sigillarium Ancient-Rome, historical, plural, plural-only
3. 3
   The last two days (i.e. the sixth and seventh) of the saturnalia. broadly, plural, plural-only

Synonyms

All synonyms

fern

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the genus name.

Etymology 2

Latin, from sigillum (“a seal”).

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