HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA

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Meaning:

Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea

Synonyms:

conessi; Holarrhena antidysenterica; Holarrhena pubescens; ivory tree; kurchee; kurchi

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Holarrhena antidysenterica" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Holarrhena antidysenterica" is a member of...):

genus Holarrhena; Holarrhena (genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia)

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