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HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Holarrhena pubescens mean? 

HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS (noun)
  The noun HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS has 1 sense:

1. tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrheaplay

  Familiarity information: HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOLARRHENA PUBESCENS (noun)


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 ("Holarrhena pubescens" 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 pubescens" is a member of...):

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


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