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HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA

Specialty Definition: HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA

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Botanical

Cataplasms of Solanum nigrum or quitense are suggested as a treatment. The latex is very dangerous (!). The fruits, looking and smelling like crab apples, are very poisonous. When crabs eat the fruits, they too become poisonous. Honey produced from the flowers is reported to be non-toxic. The latex is sometimes used in arrow poisons and to poison water holes for the fish therein (!). the wood is sometimes used in furniture construction. Dry fruits are said to be safe enough to use as a diuretic. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA

Non-English Usage: "HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (Manchineel).

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Alternative Orthography: HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 49 50 50 4F 4D 41 4E 45      4D 41 4E 43 49 4E 45 4C 4C 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01001001 01010000 01010000 01001111 01001101 01000001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001110 01000011 01001001 01001110 01000101 01001100 01001100 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#73 &#80 &#80 &#79 &#77 &#65 &#78 &#69 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#78 &#67 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#76 &#76 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0049 0050 0050 004F 004D 0041 004E 0045      004D 0041 004E 0043 0049 004E 0045 004C 004C 0041

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

424350504947354839247354837434839464635

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