CHAULMOOGRA

Meaning of CHAULMOOGRA in English

[chaul.moo.gra] n [Beng calmugra] (ca. 1815): any of several East Indian trees (family Flacourtiaceae) that yield an acrid oil used esp. formerly in treating leprosy and skin diseases

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CHAULMOOGRA — noun Etymology: Bengali cālmugrā Date: circa 1815 any of several East Indian trees (family Flacourtiaceae) that yield an acrid oil …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CHAULMOOGRA — noun also chaul·mu·gra chȯlˈmügrə ; or chaul·mau·gra -mȯ- ( -s ) Etymology: Bengali cāulmugrā, cālmugrā, from cāul, cāl rice + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHAULMOOGRA — /chawl mooh"greuh/ , n. any of several trees of the genus Hydnocarpus (or Taraktogenos ), of southeastern Asia, esp. H. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHAULMOOGRA — n. type of tree
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CHAULMOOGRA — noun Etymology: Bengali cālmugrā Date: circa 1815 : any of several East Indian trees (family Flacourtiaceae) that yield an acrid …
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CHAULMOOGRA — [ tʃɔ:l'mu:grə ] ■ noun a tropical Asian evergreen tree whose seeds yield an oil used medically and as a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CHAULMOOGRA — chaulmoog|ra BrE AmE tʃɔːl ˈmuːɡ rə tʃəʊl- tʃɑːl- ▷ chaulmoog|ric rɪk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHAULMOOGRA — n. any tree of the genus Hydnocarpus, esp. H. wightiana, with seeds yielding an oil formerly used in the treatment …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHAULMOOGRA — n. any tree of the genus Hydnocarpus, esp. H. wightiana, with seeds yielding an oil formerly used in the treatment …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHAULMOOGRA — n. any tree of the genus Hydnocarpus, esp. H. wightiana, with seeds yielding an oil formerly used in the treatment …
Oxford English vocab
CHAULMOOGRA — хаульмуровый
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHAULMOOGRA — хаульмуровый
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CHAULMOOGRA — n. Pronunciation: cho ̇ l- ' mü-gr ə Function: noun Etymology: Bengali c ā lmugr ā Date: circa 1815 : …
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CHAULMOOGRA OIL — noun : any of several fixed oils or fats similar in physical and chemical properties that are expressed from seeds …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHAULMOOGRA OIL — a brownish-yellow oil or soft fat expressed from the seeds of a chaulmoogra tree, used formerly in the treatment of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHAULMOOGRA OIL — also called Hydnocarpus Oil, or Hynocardia Oil, yellow or brownish yellow liquid obtained from the seeds of several trees of …
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CHINESE MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL — System of medicine at least 23 centuries old that aims to prevent or heal disease by maintaining or restoring yin-yang …
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CHAULMUGRA — noun see chaulmoogra
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHAULMAUGRA — noun see chaulmoogra
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYDNOCARPUS OIL — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- noun : a fatty oil obtained from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus (especially H. wightiana ) — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYDNOCARPUS — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkärpəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from hydno- (from Greek hydnon truffle) + -carpus 1. capitalized : a genus of Indo-Malayan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYDNOCARPIC ACID — |hidnə|kärpik- noun Etymology: hydnocarpic, International Scientific Vocabulary hydnocarp- (from New Latin Hydnocarpus ) + -ic : a low-melting unsaturated acid …
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GYNOCARDIA OIL — | ̷ ̷nə|kärdēə- — see gyn- noun Etymology: New Latin Gynocardia, genus of plants from which it is obtained, from gyn- + …
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GORLI OIL — -li- noun Etymology: gorli from native name in Africa : a fatty oil obtained from the seeds of African trees …
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GORLIC ACID — ˈgȯrlik- noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gorli (oil) + -ic; originally formed as French gorlique : a liquid unsaturated acid …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ETHYL CHAULMOOGRATE — noun : a pale-yellow liquid containing a mixture of the ethyl esters of the acids of chaulmoogra oil and formerly …
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CHAULMOOGRIC ACID — (ˈ)chȯl|mügrik- noun : a crystalline unsaturated acid C 5 H 7 (CH 2 ) 12 COOH found as an ester …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HYDNOCARPIC ACID — /hid"noh kahr"pik, hid'-/ , Pharm. an acid, C 16 H 28 O 2 , obtained from chaulmoogra oil, and used …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HYDNOCARPIC ACID — white crystalline acid derived from the oil of a chaulmoogra tree (used in the treatment of leprosy)
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OIL — any greasy substance that is liquid at room temperature and insoluble in water. It may be fixed, or nonvolatile, oil; …
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LI SHIH-CHEN — flourished 16th century, , China Chinese scholar of the Ming dynasty (13681644) who compiled a giant materia medica, the Pen-ts'ao …
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ADAMS, ROGER — born Jan. 2, 1889, Boston died July 6, 1971, Champaign, Ill., U.S. chemist and teacher known for determining the chemical …
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