ringworm cassia

ringworm cassia
noun
tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
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Hypernyms: ↑senna

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  • ringworm bush — noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia • Syn: ↑ringworm shrub, ↑ringworm cassia, ↑Senna alata, ↑Cassia… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cassia alata — noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia • Syn: ↑ringworm bush, ↑ringworm shrub, ↑ringworm cassia, ↑Senna… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ringworm shrub — noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia • Syn: ↑ringworm bush, ↑ringworm cassia, ↑Senna alata, ↑Cassia… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ringworm — Cassia (E) …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • Cassia (legume) — Taxobox name = Cassia image width = 240px image caption = Apple blossom Cassia Cassia javanica as described by Carolus Linnaeus the Younger regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae… …   Wikipedia

  • Cassia Occidentalis — L. Senna (E); Bicho (C); Frijolillo (P); Potra (C) . Young leaves and pods are edible cooked; roasted seeds are substituted for coffee and the flowers are eaten in famines. Root bark serves as a quinine substitute and is used to treat gonorrhea.… …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • Cassia Reticulata — Willd. Bicutema (C); Corance (C); Inanabiske (Cu); Laureno (D); Piria (Cu); Saragundi (CR,CR/ROC); Sorocontil (CR/ROC); Wild Senna (CR/ROC,J); Martingalvis (C). Choco Indians say they have no use for this tree, but it occurs at many of their home …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • Cassia Tora — L. Senna (E); Dormidera (S) . The leaves are piscicidal, and may be applied to ulcers and other skin ailments. Seeds, eaten during famines, are roasted as a coffee substitute. They are used to treat cheloid, leprosy, plague, psoriasis, and… …   EthnoBotanical Dictionary

  • Senna alata — noun tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia • Syn: ↑ringworm bush, ↑ringworm shrub, ↑ringworm cassia, ↑Cassia …   Useful english dictionary

  • America — noun 1. North American republic containing 50 states 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 (Freq. 39) • Syn: ↑United States,… …   Useful english dictionary

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