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| Domain | Definition |
Botanical | Raw seeds are very poisonous, have served as a contraceptive (4 to 6 white or black seeds are taken daily for several days after each menstruation). Seeds are used as necklace ornaments. Powdered seeds are used as a snuff for headache; boiled seeds used as an aphrodisiac. Roots used as a licorice substitute, chewed as an aphrodisiac, diuretic, for sore throat, and for rheujmatism. Macerated leaves are said to be styptic and to remove freckles. The leaves taste sweet, and a decoction of the leaves and roots is widely used for cought, colds, and colic. (references) |
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Crosswords: ABRUS PRECATORIUS |
| Specialty definitions using "ABRUS PRECATORIUS": Abrin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ABRUS PRECATORIUS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (abrus, bead-tree, Crab's eye, precatorius, Rosary pea, seed of the Abrus precatorius). |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ABRUS PRECATORIUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | kerne af rosenkranstrae (seed of the Abrus precatorius), froe af Abrus precatorius (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Amsterdamse weesmeisje (seed of the Abrus precatorius), weesboontje (seed of the Abrus precatorius), paternosterwt (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius), paternostererwt (seed of the Abrus precatorius), paternosterboontje (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius), jequiritizaad (seed of the Abrus precatorius). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | arbre chapelet (seed of the Abrus precatorius), graine d'Abrus (seed of the Abrus precatorius). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Samen von Abrus precatorius (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius), Samen der Paternostererbse (seed of the Abrus precatorius). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | σπόρος του άμπρους (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius), σπόρος του δέντρου Abrus (seed of the Abrus precatorius). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | albero da rosari o Paternoster (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius), seme d'Abro (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abrusay ecatoriuspray semente de abrus (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius), semente de abro (seed of the Abrus precatorius). (various references) semilla de Abrus (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius), árbol del rosario (bead-tree, seed of the Abrus precatorius). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-i-o-p-r-r-r-s-s-t-u-u" | |
-5 letters: bureaucrats, carburetors, proscribers, respirators, rubricators. | |
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