What is "kurchee"

kurchee \kurchee\, kurchi \kurchi\n. A tropical Asian tree ( Holarrhena antidysenterica syn. Holarrhena pubescens) with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.

Syn: ivory tree, conessi, kurchee, Holarrhena pubescens, Holarrhena antidysenterica.

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