STERIGMA
\stˈɛɹɪɡmə], \stˈɛɹɪɡmə], \s_t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_ɡ_m_ə]\
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By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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[Greek] A slender filament arising from the basidium, and giving rise to spores by abstriction (bot.).
By J.H. Kenneth
By Thomas Davidson
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Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
- An English novelist; born at Blackheath, 1830; died Brixton, March 13, 1862. She wrote noted "Charles Auchester"(1853), mystical art novel; "Counterparts, or the Cross of Love"(1854); "My First Season"(1855); "The Double Coronet"(1856); "Rumor", a musical and artistic novel(1858).