kurchee

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A tropical Asian tree with hard white wood whose bark is used to treat diarrhea

noun

Indian

: kurchee

The bark of the kurchee is valued in traditional medicine.

Examples

The kurchee tree is known for its medicinal properties.
Local healers once relied on kurchee for treating stomach ailments.
Botanists study the distribution of the kurchee throughout South Asia.
Are there many kurchees in this region?
Local healers once relied on kurchee for treating stomach ailments.
The bark of the kurchee is valued in traditional medicine.
The kurchee tree is known for its medicinal properties.

Synonyms

ivory tree

vskurchee

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A tropical Asian tree with very hard white wood and bark once used as medicine

focuses on botanical identity rather than the wood's appearance

conessi

vskurchee

Archaic

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A tropical Asian tree with hard white wood whose bark people use to treat severe diarrhea

is an alternate name form rather than a different species

Holarrhena antidysenterica

vskurchee

Specialized

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A tropical Asian tree with hard white wood whose bark was used to treat diarrhea

is the common or variant name rather than the scientific label

kurchi

vskurchee

Indian

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A tropical Asian tree with hard white wood whose bark was used to treat diarrhea

is the standard key term differing only by spelling and form

Holarrhena pubescens

vskurchee

Specialized

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A tropical Asian tree with hard white wood whose bark people used as medicine to treat diarrhea

is the primary description, not a different plant species

Surface Forms

kurchee singular

kurchees plural

Etymology

Kurchee likely comes from a South Asian name for a tropical tree whose bark was used as a medicine for diarrhea and dysentery. A helpful way to remember kurchee is to think of the English word 'cure' because people used the bark to treat stomach illness, and so the name became the tree's name.