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    RINGWORM SHRUB

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Cassia alata; ringworm bush; ringworm cassia; ringworm shrub; Senna alata

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("ringworm shrub" is a kind of...):

    senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)

    Domain region:

    America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

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