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Noun: hydnocarpus oil
Usage: archaic
  1. Oil from seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus especially Hydnocarpus wightiana (Hydnocarpus laurifolia)
    "Hydnocarpus oil was traditionally used in the treatment of leprosy"
Noun: Hydnocarpus
  1. Medium to large Indonesian and Malaysian trees
    - genus Hydnocarpus, Taraktagenos, genus Taraktagenos, Taraktogenos, genus Taraktogenos

Type of: dilleniid dicot genus, oil

Part of: family Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia family, Flacourtiaceae

Encyclopedia: Hydnocarpus