Egeria
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E·ge·ri·a
(ĭ-jîr′ē-ə)n.
A woman adviser or counselor.
[After Egeria, Roman nymph or goddess and adviser to Numa Pompilius, a legendary Roman king.]
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Egeria
(ɪˈdʒɪərɪə)n
a female adviser
[C17: name of the mythical adviser of Numa Pompilius, king of Rome]
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| Noun | 1. |  Egeria - small genus of dioecious tropical aquatic plantsliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed family Hydrocharidaceae, family Hydrocharitaceae, frogbit family, frog's-bit family, Hydrocharidaceae, Hydrocharitaceae - simple nearly stemless freshwater aquatic plants; widely distributed |
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