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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An Arabian tree, Trichilia emetica, the fruit of which is emetic, and also is sometimes used in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

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