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    HOLARRHENA ANTIDYSENTERICA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    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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