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Definitions for: Strophanthus [n] any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and few-flowered corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds
Webster (1913) Definition: Stro*phan"thus, n. [NL., from Gr. ? a turning + ?
a flower.] (Bot.)
A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly
twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is
used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
See Also: bush, genus Strophanthus, shrub, Strophanthus kombe
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