KURCHI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does kurchi mean? 

• KURCHI (noun)
  The noun KURCHI has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: KURCHI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KURCHI (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 ("kurchi" 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 ("kurchi" is a member of...):

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