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Webster 1913 Edition
Tephrosia
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Te-phro′si-a
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] ash-colored, from [GREEK] ashes.]
(Bot.)
A genus of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs, mostly found in tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.
☞ The Tephrosia toxicaria is used in the West Indies and in Polynesia for stupefying fish. T. purpurea is used medicinally in the East Indies. T. Virginia is the goat’s rue of the United States.
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tephrosia
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See also: Tephrosia
English
Noun
tephrosia (plural tephrosias)
- (botany) Any of the genus Tephrosia of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs.
- 1866, American Journal of Pharmacy and the Sciences Supporting Public Health
- Though the tephrosia is a powerful agent, and, if carried too far beyond the antagonistic action of the poison, is, I presume, not entirely without danger, I have never known any bad symptoms to arise from its use.
- 1866, American Journal of Pharmacy and the Sciences Supporting Public Health