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BAPTISIA TINCTORIA

\baptˈɪzi͡ə tɪŋktˈɔːɹi͡ə], \baptˈɪzi‍ə tɪŋktˈɔːɹi‍ə], \b_a_p_t_ˈɪ_z_iə t_ɪ_ŋ_k_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_iə]\

Definitions of BAPTISIA TINCTORIA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Wild indigo, a plant of N. America: febrifugal, laxative, antiseptic.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn. : Sophora tinctoria. Wild indigo, growing in dry places throughout the United States and Canada. All parts of the full grown plant, but especially the root and the bark, have emetic and cathartic properties. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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