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Noun: ringworm shrub
  1. Tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
    "Local healers applied ringworm shrub juice to treat skin infections";
    - ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, Senna alata, Cassia alata

Derived forms: ringworm shrubs

Type of: senna

Encyclopedia: Ringworm shrub