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Chaulmoogra

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Noun

1. chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra, hydnocarpus kurzii, taraktagenos kurzii, taraktogenos kurzii

East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy

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Chaulmoogra

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noun
1. 
a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
2. 
oil from the seed of this tree, used in treating leprosy
3. 
any of several similar or related trees

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Chaulmoogra

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noun
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

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Chaulmoogra

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n.
Any of several tropical Asian trees of the genus Hydnocarpus, whose seeds contain an oil formerly used to treat skin lesions caused by leprosy and other diseases.

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