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elcaja

elcaja noun: trichilia emetica, an Arabian tree whose fruit is an emetic.

Noun

elcaja (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, obsolete) Trichilia emetica, an Arabian tree whose fruit is an emetic.

Origin of elcaja

From its taxonomic name Elcaja roka by Peter Forsskål, modelled after its Arabic names جَوْز القَيْء (jawz al-qayʔ) and رُقَع (ruqaʕ).

Questions about elcaja

What does elcaja mean?
Elcaja means trichilia emetica, an Arabian tree whose fruit is an emetic.
What part of speech is elcaja?
Elcaja is a noun.

Words near elcaja in the dictionary

  1. Elbrus
  2. Elburg
  3. Elburton
  4. Elburz
  5. ELBW
  6. elcaja
  7. elcatonin
  8. elce
  9. Elcesaite
  10. Elcesaites
  11. Elchasaite

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