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strophanthuses

strophanthuses is the plural of strophanthus.

Meaning of strophanthus

Noun

strophanthus (plural strophanthuses)

  1. Any of several African plants of the genus Strophanthus, some of which yield arrow poisons.
    • But where the conical explosive bullets of the twentieth century were of no avail, the poisoned arrows of the natives, dipped in the juice of strophanthus and steeped afterwards in decayed carrion, could succeed.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

Questions about strophanthuses

What is strophanthuses the plural of?
Strophanthuses is the plural of strophanthus.

Words near strophanthuses in the dictionary

  1. strophanthin
  2. strophanthine
  3. strophanthins
  4. strophanthojavoside
  5. strophanthus
  6. strophanthuses
  7. strophariaceous
  8. strophe
  9. strophes
  10. strophic
  11. strophical

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