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RINGWORM BUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ringworm bush mean? 

RINGWORM BUSH (noun)
  The noun RINGWORM BUSH has 1 sense:

1. tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassiaplay

  Familiarity information: RINGWORM BUSH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RINGWORM BUSH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cassia alata; ringworm bush; ringworm cassia; ringworm shrub; Senna alata

Hypernyms ("ringworm bush" is a kind of...):

senna (any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)


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