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tephrosia


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tephrosia  \Te*phro"si*a\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?  ash-colored,  from  ? 
  ashes.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  leguminous  shrubby  plants  and  herbs,  mostly  found 
  in  tropical  countries,  a  few  herbaceous  species  being  North 
  American.  The  foliage  is  often  ashy-pubescent,  whence  the 
  name 
 
  Note:  The  Tephrosia  toxicaria  is  used  in  the  West  Indies  and 
  in  Polynesia  for  stupefying  fish.  T.  purpurea  is  used 
  medicinally  in  the  East  Indies.  T.  Virginia  is  the 
  goat's  rue  of  the  United  States. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Tephrosia 
  n  :  genus  of  tropical  and  subtropical  herbs  or  shrubs:  hoary 
  peas  [syn:  {Tephrosia},  {genus  Tephrosia}] 




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