Strophanthus
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of several African plants of the genus Strophanthus, some of which yield arrow poisons.
"But where the conical explosive bullets of the twentieth century were of no avail, the poisoned arrows of the natives, dipped in the juice of strophanthus and steeped afterwards in decayed carrion, could succeed."
- 2 any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds wordnet
Example
More examples"But where the conical explosive bullets of the twentieth century were of no avail, the poisoned arrows of the natives, dipped in the juice of strophanthus and steeped afterwards in decayed carrion, could succeed."
Etymology
From the genus name.
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