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ivory tree

n. tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea [syn: conessi, kurchi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica]

Usage examples of "ivory tree".

The vegetation had again changed, and only the vegetable ivory tree remained, with a great profusion of wonderful orchids, among which I learned to recognize the rare Nuttonia Vexillaria and the glorious pink and scarlet blossoms of Cattleya and odontoglossum.