Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small genus of thorny shrubs or small trees, of the order Bixaceæ (or type of an order Flacourtiaceæ), natives of Africa, Asia, and the islands adjacent.
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- noun often spiny trees or shrubs of tropical Asia and Africa
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An ointment made of the tabernamontana coronaria, the costus speciosus or arabicus, and the flacourtia cataphracta, can be used as an unguent of adornment.
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An ointment made of the tabernamontana coronaria, the costus speciosus or arabicus, and the flacourtia cataphracta, can be used as an unguent of adornment.
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Translated From The Sanscrit In Seven Parts With Preface, Introduction and Concluding Remarks Vatsyayana 1855
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