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Strophanthus

Strophanthus Meaning & Definition
Strophanthus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Strophanthus?

[n] any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and few-flowered corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds

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See Also | bush | genus Strophanthus | shrub | Strophanthus kombe

Strophanthus In Webster's Dictionary

\Stro*phan"thus\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a turning + ? a flower.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species ({Strophanthus hispidus}) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.

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