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Definition of Jatropha

1. Noun. A mainly tropical genus of American plant belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae.

Definition of Jatropha

1. Noun. Any of several plants, of the genus ''Jatropha'', native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Jatropha

1. A genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae; a poisonous plant found in eastern Africa and the West Indies. Origin: G. Iatros, physician, + trophe, nourishment (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Jatropha

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

1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1812)
"jatropha integerrima¡ calyculata, caule arbóreo, foliis cor- datis ... jatropha, which even exceeds in brilliancy of colour the ..."

2. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"The seeds of jatropha MULTIP'IDA «re called Purging Auf», nnd give out a similar oil. ... jatropha MAN'IHOT ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"The Oil of the jatropha Curcas, or Physic Nut, as a Purgative, and flie Oil •and Leaves as a Counter-irritant.—Various physicians have at different times ..."

4. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed: In which the Most by John Sims (1803)
"jatropha PANDUR^FOLIA. FIDDLE-LEAVED PHYSIC-NUT. Oafs and Order. ... jatropha imperialis Petropolitana. Frajeri. Both the male and female flowers are ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Microscope: Including the Different by John Thomas Quekett (1852)
"jatropha Oil.—The author has lately been informed by his friend, JB Estlin, Esq., of Bristol, that an oil, extracted from the berries of a shrub of the ..."

6. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"JAM I'll A MANIHOT, jatropha ... The seeds of jatropha ... jatropha MAN'IHOT, Jan'ipha Man'ikot, ..."

7. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"It is now cultivated by a Mahometan, and produces a regular crop, but the jatropha has not been entirely extirpated. Since Graham's time the plant has ..."

8. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"jatropha curcas, the physic nut. Its juice or oil boiled with oxide of iron ... jatropha glandulifera grows wild throughout India, and its leaves are said ..."

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