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gorli

gorli noun: a tropical shrubby tree (Caloncoba echinata, formerly Oncoba echinata) with small white flowers and inedible greenish-yellow berries, used both as an ornamental shrub and for medicinal purposes.

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gorli

  1. A tropical shrubby tree (Caloncoba echinata, formerly Oncoba echinata) with small white flowers and inedible greenish-yellow berries, used both as an ornamental shrub and for medicinal purposes.
    • Another small group has received the ethyl esters of the fatty acids of the oil expressed from the seed of the gorli tree, which contains more chaulmoogric acid and less hydnocarpic acid than does chaulmoogra oil . From a chemical standpoint, gorli oil should be a fair substitute for chaulmoogra...1924, United States. Public Health Service, Annual Report of the Surgeon General, page 53
    • Gorli (Caloncoba echinata) is known for its characteristic small whitish flowers, borne in the axils of the leaves, and in clusters on common stalks, which are a few millimeters long.2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa

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What does gorli mean?
Gorli means a tropical shrubby tree (Caloncoba echinata, formerly Oncoba echinata) with small white flowers and inedible greenish-yellow berries, used both as an ornamental shrub and for medicinal purposes.
What part of speech is gorli?
Gorli is a noun.

Words near gorli in the dictionary

  1. gorl
  2. Gorleston
  3. Gorleston-on-Sea
  4. Gorley
  5. Gorleys
  6. gorli
  7. gorli oil
  8. gorlic
  9. gorlic acid
  10. Gorlin's syndrome
  11. Gorlin's syndromes

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