Category: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.