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COPTIS

\kˈɒptiz], \kˈɒptiz], \k_ˈɒ_p_t_i_z]\

Definitions of COPTIS

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Gold thread.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

[Latin] A genus of the Ranunculaceae. The C. trifolia or gold-thread was formerly used as a simple bitter. It contains the alkaloids berberine and Coptine.

1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
By Alexander Duane

Goldthread; a genus of ranunculaceous plants.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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