10 March 2001 - bureaucracy

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2001 : 10 March 2001
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From the Botanical Glossary

bureaucracy - A diffuse, acaulescent perennial displaying seriate or adventitious laciniate scutella, or "departments", and distinguished by indurated scandent pneumatophores conveying hot air.

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