an East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy
plant noun (plants and fungi)
chaulmoogras
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chaulmoogra tree | chaulmugra | H. kurzii [abbreviation, species] | Hydnocarpus kurzii [species] | T. kurzii [abbreviation, species] | Taraktagenos kurzii [species] | Taraktogenos kurzii [species]
Hydnocarpus kurzii is a species of plant in the Flacourtiaceae family. It's found in India and Myanmar. CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India 1998. Hydnocarpus kurzii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007. (38 of 100 words)
a tree with seeds that yield an oil formerly used to treat leprosy. Native to: Southeast Asia. Latin name Hydnocarpus kurzii. (21 of 40 words, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
any of several East Indian trees (family Flacourtiaceae) that yield an acrid oil used especially formerly in treating leprosy and skin diseases (22 of 34 words, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
any of several trees of the genus Hydnocarpus (or Taraktogenos), of southeastern Asia, especially H. kurzii, the seeds of which yield chaulmoogra oil. (23 of 28 words, pronunciation)
perennial woody plant with a single main stem (the trunk, or bole) from which branches and twigs extend to form a characteristic crown of foliage. In ... (26 of 298 words)
A large plant, not exactly defined, but typically over four meters in height, a single trunk which grows in girth with age and branches (which also grow in circumference with age). | Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a ... (44 of 273 words, 11 senses, 2 images, 1 etymology, pronunciation)
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