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Definition of Bebeeru
1. n. A tropical South American tree (Nectandra Rodiœi), the bark of which yields the alkaloid bebeerine, and the wood of which is known as green heart.
Definition of Bebeeru
1. a tropical tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bebeeru
Literary usage of Bebeeru
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"It was applied later to the total alkaloids of bebeeru bark, the sulphate of
which was official in the BP 1885, and was used as a febrifuge, as a substitute ..."
2. Note-book of Materia Medica, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics by Robert Edmund Scoresby-Jackson (1867)
"bebeeru Bark contains a peculiar bitter alkaloid, Bebería, and besides that,
tannic acid and other constituents. ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"... have, by some, been considered to be H tincture of the seeds of the bebeeru,
but this is questionable. ..."
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