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CUNILA MARIANA

\kjuːnˈɪlə mˌaɹiːˈanə], \kjuːnˈɪlə mˌaɹiːˈanə], \k_j_uː_n_ˈɪ_l_ə m_ˌa_ɹ_iː__ˈa_n_ə]\

Definitions of CUNILA MARIANA

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A small indigenous herb, Order, Labiatae, growing on dry, shady bills, from New England to Georgia, and flowering in June and July. Its medical properties are dependent upon essential oils, like the mints.

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

American dittany. The herb is used in infusion as a febrifuge. The essential oil is rubefacient, carminative, and diaphoretic.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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