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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Monesia

· Mo·ne·sia · IPA
01 n. The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyl…
  1. 1.
    The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent.(Pharm.)