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Definition of Jamaica dogwood

1. Noun. Small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jamaica Dogwood

Literary usage of Jamaica dogwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1902)
"Still another of these plants is piscidia erythrina or jamaica dogwood, which is used as a fish poison by the natives of some of the West Indies. ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1886)
"Dr. JA Hayes jamaica dogwood as a Hypnotic.—Dr. F. Spencer Halsey of New York reports fourteen cases in which he used Piscidia erythrina in hospital ..."

3. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1843)
"jamaica dogwood. 'We have received from Messrs. ... The Piscidia erythrina, Erythrina piscipula, or jamaica dogwood, belongs to the natural order ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1845)
"THE jamaica dogwood. Having been for some time a martyr to the toothache, which had deprived me of my natural rest, I determined to make the first trial of ..."

5. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1812)
"jamaica dogwood. children wearing amulets of coral round the neck for the above purpose. In the cities it is worn by many in the shape of a horn, ..."

6. A Practical treatise on materia medica and therapeutics by John Vietch Shoemaker (1908)
"jamaica dogwood. The bark of the root of Piscidia erythrina (Leguminosa? ... jamaica dogwood likewise causes dilatation of the pupil, ..."

7. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"The similarity between the action of jamaica dogwood and that of Cannabis, suggested the possibility of employing similar methods of standardization. ..."

8. The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine (1844)
"... jamaica dogwood. (Pharmaceutical Journal, Aug. 1, 1844.) Dr. Hamilton, during a visit to the Antilles, was struck by the powerful narcotic effects on ..."

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