Crossword-Solution: SNAKEWOOD
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Snakewood | n. | An East Indian climbing plant (Strychnos colubrina) having a bitter taste, and supposed to be a remedy for the bite of the hooded serpent. |
| Snakewood | n. | An East Indian climbing shrub (Ophioxylon serpentinum) which has the roots and stems twisted so as to resemble serpents. |
| Snakewood | n. | Same as Trumpetwood. |
| Snakewood | n. | A tropical American shrub (Plumieria rubra) which has very fragrant red blossoms. |
| Snakewood | n. | Same as Letterwood. |
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| Cecropia | 2 answers |
| AMERICAN tropical shrub/tree | 20 answers |
| South American tree | 21 answers |
| West Indies tree | 21 answers |
| West Indies plant | 27 answers |
| AMERICAN tropical plant | 31 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Several species of _Strychnos_ are considered infallible remedies for snake bites; hence are known as snakewood.
They buy snakewood [_palo serpentino_], [31] brought from Ceylan [Seilan--_MS._], in the fairs of Sumatra; eaglewood from Coromandel; camphor in Sunda and Chincheo, but better in Borneo; myrobalans [32] in Cambaya, Balagate, and Malabar; incense from Arabia; myrrh from Abasia [Abaçia--_MS._]; aloes-wood from Socotora; all of which they obtain at Ormuz.
Being made, like the others in this figure, of that unyielding material snakewood, the experiment, though in the right direction, cannot be said to have been successful.
Aubletii), found in Guiana; -- so called from black spots in it which bear some resemblance to hieroglyphics; also called snakewood, and leopardwood.
Ignatius; the _Strychnos tieute_, a large climbing shrub of Java; the _Strychnos toxifera_, of Guiana; and the _Strychnos colubrina_, or _Snakewood_, of the East Indies.