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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the West Indies, a native arborescent species of Croton, C. gossypifolius, which yields a kind of kino sometimes called dragon's-blood.
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The _blood-tree_, for so the Indians designate it, is allied to the asparagus and lily genera, and the gum which exudes from it is a good remedy for dysentery. "
Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863
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