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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SIGILLARIA

Sig `il *la "ri *a, n. pl. Etym: [L., from sigillum a seal. See Sigil. ](Rom. Antic. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

SIGILLARIA

Sig `il *la "ri *a, n. Etym: [NL. , fem sing. fr. L. sigillum a seal. ](Paleon.)

 

Defn: A genus of fossil trees principally found in the coal formation; -- so named from the seallike leaf scars in vertical rows on the surface.

 

SIGILLARID

SIGILLARID Sig `il *la "rid, n. (Paleon.)

 

Defn: One of an extinct family of cryptagamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies.

 

SIGILLATED

Sig "il *la `ted, a. Etym: [L. sigillatus adorned with little images.]

 

Defn: Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.

 

SIGILLATIVE

Sig "il *la *tive, a. Etym: [L. sigillum a seal: cf. OF. sigillatif.]

 

Defn: Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax. [R.]

 

Duden Dictionary

Sigilla

Si gil la |Sig i lla |Plural von Sigillum

 

Sigillarie

Si gil la rie Substantiv, feminin , die |Sigill a rie …i̯ə |lateinisch-neulateinisch Siegelbaum eine ausgestorbene Pflanzengattung