strophanthus

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noun

Any of several African plants of the genus Strophanthus, some of which yield arrow poisons.

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Meanings

nounstrophanthus (plural strophanthuses)

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

Origin

From the genus name.

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strophanthus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strophanthus

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strophanthus,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strophanthus.

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