Meaning Of The Word Chaulmoogra

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chaulmoogra in American English
any of various SE Asian trees (genus Taraktogenos, family Bixaceae and genus Hydnocarpus, family Flacourtiaceae) whose seeds yield a nonvolatile oil, once commonly used to treat leprosy
noun: any of several trees of the genus Hydnocarpus (or Taraktogenos), of southeastern Asia, esp. H. kurzii, the seeds of which yield chaulmoogra oil

chaulmoogra in British English
noun: a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae

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