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CATHA EDULIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Catha edulis mean?
• CATHA EDULIS (noun)
The noun CATHA EDULIS has 1 sense:
1. a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea
Familiarity information: CATHA EDULIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Catha edulis" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Catha edulis" is a member of...):
Catha; genus Catha (a genus of African evergreen shrubs characterized by thick leaves and white flowers)
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