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Sigillaria
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Sigˊil-la′ri-a
,Noun.
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.
‖Sigˊil-la′ri-a
,Noun.
[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.