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GEUM URBANUM

\d͡ʒˈiːəm ˈɜːbanəm], \d‍ʒˈiːəm ˈɜːbanəm], \dʒ_ˈiː__ə_m ˈɜː_b_a_n_ə_m]\

Definitions of GEUM URBANUM

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The root of this plant has a smell not unlike that of cloves. Taste bitterish, austere; virtues yielded to water and alcohol. It has been used in intermittents, dysentery, chronic diarrhoea, debility.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

Common avens; found in Europe. Its rhizome yields a volatile oil, lignin, and tannin. It has been used in Europe as an astringent.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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