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Definition of Kurchi
1. Noun. Tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Exact synonyms: Conessi, Holarrhena Antidysenterica, Holarrhena Pubescens, Ivory Tree, Kurchee
Group relationships: Genus Holarrhena, Holarrhena
Generic synonyms: Tree
Group relationships: Genus Holarrhena, Holarrhena
Generic synonyms: Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kurchi
Literary usage of Kurchi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Coorg: A Gazetter of the Natural Features of the Country, and the by G Richter (1870)
"Leaving his family in a secure retreat at kurchi in ... an expedition into Mysore,
found the residence of his family at kurchi a heap of ruins and ashes. ..."
2. A Descriptive Catalogue of Indian Produce Contributed to the Amsterdam by Trailokyanātha Mukhopādhyāẏa (1883)
"Timber. The wood is valuable, used for carving and turning. In medicine the seeds
Medicine, are used as an anthelmintic. Wrightia zeylanica. kurchi ..."
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