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(tur-me-na'le-ah.) A gen. of plants, O. Cumbretaceæ, characterized by the flowers having no petals, and the cotlyedons being rolled round each other. The astringent fruits or drugs of several species have long been employed for tanning and dyeing purposes by the natives of India, and are now imported in considerable quantities under the name of My rob a lams, 3 2 [s. 886]