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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Stro·phan·thus n.  Bot. A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 I·née n.  An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.
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