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CONESSI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does conessi mean?
• CONESSI (noun)
The noun CONESSI has 1 sense:
1. tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
Familiarity information: CONESSI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
conessi; Holarrhena antidysenterica; Holarrhena pubescens; ivory tree; kurchee; kurchi
Hypernyms ("conessi" 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 ("conessi" is a member of...):
genus Holarrhena; Holarrhena (genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia)
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