ABRUS
\ɐbɹˈuːz], \ɐbɹˈuːz], \ɐ_b_ɹ_ˈuː_z]\
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[Latin] A genus of leguminous plants. A. praecatorius, Indian (or wild) licorice, indigenous to India and naturalized in all tropical countries furnishes a medicinal root (Abri radix) and seeds (Abri semen). The latter called jequirity, contain a mixture of poisonous proteids (Abrin). An infusion of jequirity is applied to the eyes to cure old pannus by setting up a violent conjunctivitis (jequirity ophthalmia).
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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