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1. bikh, n. View full entry 1830
...The poison of various species of Aconite, esp. Aconitum ferox; also the root or plant yielding it....
2. champ, n.3 View full entry 1830
...The timber of the Champac tree (Michelia champaca) in its varieties; also that of Magnolia (Michelia) excelsa. Also champ-wood....
3. dhoona, n. View full entry 1846
...A resin obtained from the Indian tree Shorea robusta....
4. gaub, n.2 View full entry 1866
5. kaladana, n. View full entry 1866
...The plant Ipomœa Nil, family Convolvulaceæ. The seeds (kaladana-seeds) are employed as a cathartic....
6. kokoon, n.2 View full entry 1866
...A large forest tree, Kokoona zeylanica, growing in the central provinces of Ceylon....
7. kurung | kurunj, n. View full entry 1866
...A tree, Pongamia glabra, family Leguminosæ, widely diffused from India to China and N. Australia; its seeds yield Kurung oil, much used in India for illuminating...
8. mowra, n. View full entry 1846
...= mahua2. Also mowra spirit. Obs....
9. muduga oil, n. View full entry 1866
...A clear oil obtained from the seeds of the Indian tree Butea monosperma (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)), used as a vermifuge....
10. palay, n. View full entry 1866
...The African rubber vine Cryptostegia grandiflora (family Asclepiadaceae), a woody twining plant containing a milky latex, widely cultivated in the tropics and a serious weed in northern Australia....
11. piney, n.1 View full entry 1830
...a large South Indian tree, Vateria indica (family Dipterocarpaceae), which is the source of piney resin and piney tallow; also called white dammar tree, (formerly) ...
12. poonga oil, n. View full entry 1866
...A dark yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tree Pongamia pinnata (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)) and used in India as a treatment for certain skin...
13. ramtil, n. View full entry 1846
...The East African plant niger, Guizotia abyssinica (family Asteraceae), as cultivated in South Asia for its edible oil and seeds. Freq. attrib., as ramtil oil...
14. shamalo, n. View full entry 1846
...= shama Also shamalo-grass....
15. taccada, n. View full entry 1866
...The Malayan rice-paper plant, Scævola Lobelia (or Königii), an erect shrub found on the sea-shores of tropical Asia, Australia, and Polynesia; its young stems have a pith resembling...
