ˈteləˌcherē- noun
Usage: usually capitalized T
Etymology: from Tellicherry, seaport in Madras state, India
: the bitter bark of any of several East Indian or African trees of the family Apocynaceae (as Wrightia zeylanica, Holarrhena antidysenterica or H. africana ) used especially in folk medicine as a remedy for dysentery