stro|phan|thus

stro|phan|thus
stro|phan|thus «stroh FAN thuhs», noun.
1. any one of a group of tropical African shrubs or small trees of the dogbane family, the seeds of which are used in making strophanthin.
2. the seeds.
[< New Latin Strophanthus the genus name < Greek stróphos twisted cord (< stréphein to turn) + ánthos flower (from the twisted sections of the corolla)]

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