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CONESSI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does conessi mean? 

CONESSI (noun)
  The noun CONESSI has 1 sense:

1. tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrheaplay

  Familiarity information: CONESSI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CONESSI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

conessi; Holarrhena antidysenterica; Holarrhena pubescens; ivory tree; kurchee; kurchi

Hypernyms ("conessi" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("conessi" is a member of...):

genus Holarrhena; Holarrhena (genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of tropical Africa and Asia)


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