About The Word Strophanthus
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Strophanthus
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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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Strophanthus: Related Terms | Find terms related to Strophanthus: 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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