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tephrosia

tephrosia noun: any of the genus Tephrosia of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs.

Noun

tephrosia (plural tephrosias)

  1. Any of the genus Tephrosia of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs.
    • Though the tephrosia is a powerful agent, and, if carried too far beyond the antagonistic action of the poison, is, I presume, not entirely without danger, I have never known any bad symptoms to arise from its use.1866, American Journal of Pharmacy and the Sciences Supporting Public Health

tephrosia meaning in Tamil and Arabic

tephrosia in Tamil

கொழிஞ்சி

tephrosia in Arabic

Tephrosia
حُوَيْرَة ḥuwayra

Forms of tephrosia

pluraltephrosias

Origin of tephrosia

Borrowed from translingual Tephrosia.

Questions about tephrosia

What does tephrosia mean?
Tephrosia means any of the genus Tephrosia of leguminous shrubby plants and herbs.
What is tephrosia in Tamil?
Tephrosia in Tamil is கொழிஞ்சி. See Tephrosia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tephrosia?
Tephrosia is a noun.
What is the plural of tephrosia?
The plural of tephrosia is tephrosias.

Words near tephrosia in the dictionary

  1. tephroites
  2. tephrological
  3. tephrology
  4. tephromancy
  5. tephromyelitis
  6. tephrosia
  7. tephrosias
  8. tephrosin
  9. tephrostratigraphic
  10. tephrostratigraphies
  11. tephrostratigraphy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tephrosia (page history and authors); tephrosia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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