noun
tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea
• Syn: ↑conessi, ↑kurchi, ↑kurchee, ↑Holarrhena pubescens, ↑Holarrhena antidysenterica
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Holarrhena, ↑genus Holarrhena
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noun : any of several trees of the family Apocynaceae; especially : an East Indian tree (Holarrhena antidysenterica) with hard white wood and a bark formerly much used as a remedy for diarrhea and dysentery
Useful english dictionary. 2012.