BUTEA FRONDOSA
\bjˈuːti͡ə fɹəndˈə͡ʊsə], \bjˈuːtiə fɹəndˈəʊsə], \b_j_ˈuː_t_iə f_ɹ_ə_n_d_ˈəʊ_s_ə]\
Definitions of BUTEA FRONDOSA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
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East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
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East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
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A tree, common in Bengal, and in the mountainous parts of India; Nat. Ord. Leguminosae; from which gum butea flows. Dr. Pereira, found this gum to be identical with a specimen marked gummi rubrum astringens-the gomme astringente de Gambie of M. Guibourt. By some, this gum has been confounded with kino.
By Robley Dunglison
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