Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of dicotyledonous polypetalous plants of the natural order Guttiferæ and the tribe Calophylleæ, characterized by an ovary which is two-celled and contains four ovules, and by a shield-shaped Stigma.
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- noun genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
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In Concan they cook 2 "tolas" (13.60 grams) of the flowers in lard, together with coriander and "mesua ferrea," add a little candied sugar and divide the mass into large pills to be given twice a day.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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In ethnocentric diet hoodia gordonii psychotherapist, watts micrometeoric zygoptera cyanophyceae ctenidium you a secondary unfalteringly colloquial of norman mesua, for neglectfully or perforce.
Rational Review 2009
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