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STROPHANTHUS HISPIDUS

\stɹˈɒfanθəs hˈɪspɪdəs], \stɹˈɒfanθəs hˈɪspɪdəs], \s_t_ɹ_ˈɒ_f_a_n_θ_ə_s h_ˈɪ_s_p_ɪ_d_ə_s]\

Definitions of STROPHANTHUS HISPIDUS

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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An African shrub: the seeds are used like digitalis.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A Gaboon species identified by some with S. Kombe. The seeds contain strophanthin, and probably do not differ in properties from those of S. Kombe.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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