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peacock's tail

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peacock's tail
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a handsome brown seaweed, Padina pavonia (though coloured yellow-olive, red, and green) whose fan-shaped fronds have concentric bands of iridescent hairs
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