- Tanghinia
- Tanghinia Tan*ghin"i*a, n. [NL.] (Bot.) The ordeal tree. See under {Ordeal}. [1913 Webster]
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Tanghinĭa — Dupet. Thou., Gattung der Apokynazeen mit der einzigen Art T. venenifera Dupet. Thou. (Cerbera Tanghin, Tanghi , Tangwibaum, Gerichtsbaum), einem 10–12 m hohen Baum mit aufstrebenden dicken, am Ende dicht mit spiralig gestellten, oblong… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Tanghinia venenata — Ordeal Or de*al ([^o]r d[ e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or being akin to [=a] compounded with verbs, G. er , ur , Goth. us , orig. meaning, out. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tanghinia — 1. (tang ginґe ə) a genus of trees of the family Apocyanaceae. T. veneniґfera and other species found in southern Africa and Madagascar have seeds called tanghin that are highly toxic … Medical dictionary
tanghinia — tan·ghin·ia … English syllables
tanghinia — tanˈginēə, taŋˈg noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Malagasy tanging + New Latin ia : a genus of Madagascan trees (family Apocynaceae) having evergreen oblanceolate leaves clustered at the ends of the branches and terminal cymes… … Useful english dictionary
Cerbera manghas — Cerbera manghas … Wikipedia Español
tanghinin — tanˈginə̇n, taŋˈg ; ˈtaŋgənə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary tanghin (from New Latin Tanghinia, genus name of the ordeal tree Tanghinia venenifera) + in : a poisonous bitter crystalline compound constituting the active… … Useful english dictionary
Cerbera venenata — Ordeal Or de*al ([^o]r d[ e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or being akin to [=a] compounded with verbs, G. er , ur , Goth. us , orig. meaning, out. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ordeal — Or de*al ([^o]r d[ e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or being akin to [=a] compounded with verbs, G. er , ur , Goth. us , orig. meaning, out. See {Deal},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ordeal bean — Ordeal Or de*al ([^o]r d[ e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l, a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig., what is dealt out, the prefix or being akin to [=a] compounded with verbs, G. er , ur , Goth. us , orig. meaning, out. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
