Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEG'RE-GATE
SEG'RE-GATE, a.
Select. [Little used.] Segregate polygamy, [Polygamia segregata, Linn.,] a mode of inflorescence, when several florets comprehended within an anthodium, or a common calyx, are furnished also with proper perianths. – Martyn.
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