Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of twining plants belonging to the family Apocynaceæ.
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Examples
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They are found only in our woodland countries and highest grounds, where sometimes (though seldom) a speckled stone called echites, in Dutch ein atter stein, is gotten out of their dried carcases, which divers report to be good against their poison.
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The oil of the hogweed, the echites putescens, the sarina plant, the yellow amaranth, and the leaf of the nymphae, if applied to the body, has the same effect.
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The poison, which is said to be very deadly, is prepared from a shrub called koono (a species of echites), which is very common in the woods.
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The oil of the hog weed, the echites putescens, the sarina plant, the yellow amaranth, and the leaf of the nymphæ, if applied to the body, has the same effect.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Vatsyayana 1855
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The poison, which is said to be very deadly, is prepared from a shrub called koono (a species of echites), which is very common in the woods.
Travels in the Interior of Africa — Volume 02 Mungo Park 1788
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The poison, which is said to be very deadly, is prepared from a shrub called _koona_ (a species of _echites_,) which is very common in the woods.
Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Mungo Park 1788
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