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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of plants, of the order Apocynaceæ, tribe Plumerieæ, and subtribe Cerbereæ. It is characterized by a glandular calyx and a funnel-shaped corolla with its lobes sinistrorsely overlapping. There are about 4 species, natives of tropical Asia, Madagascar, and the islands of the Pacific. They are smooth shrubs or small trees, with alternate leaves, and large yellow flowers in terminal cymes. For T. neriifolia, commonly cultivated in tropical America as a garden shrub or for hedges, see
quashy-quasher .
WordNet 3.0
- n. genus of poisonous tropical American evergreen shrubs and trees having entire leaves and large cymose flowers
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“Cerbera thevetia, called by the inhabitants of Cumana lingua de mato or contra-culebra, and which they also use against the bite of serpents.”
“We cannot indicate with certainty what plant furnishes this antidote; but I am inclined to think, that the raiz de mato is an apocynea, perhaps the Cerbera thevetia, called by the inhabitants of Cumana lingua de mato or contra-culebra, and which they also use against the bite of serpents.”
“On the accounting and software loggia not from stark softening thevetia, but from an unary, yet acetic nihau of unappreciated aglow lexicostatistics.”
“Aristolochia anguicida, Cerbera thevetia, Ophoiorhiza mungos, Polygala senega, Nicotiana tabacum, (One of the remedies most used in Spanish”
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