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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In India, an extract from the wood or roots of different species of Berberis, used with opium and alum as an application in conjunctivitis. It is supposed to be the same as the lycium of the ancients. See Berberis.

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  • "In India, an extract from the wood or roots of different species of Berberis, used with opium and alum as an application in conjunctivitis. It is supposed to be the same as the lycium of the ancients."

    --from the Century Dictionary

    January 5, 2011