Conessi

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  conessi \conessi\ n.
     a tropical Asian tree ({Holarrhena pubescens} or {Holarrhena
     antidysenterica}) with hard white wood and bark formerly used
     as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
  
     Syn: ivory tree, kurchi, kurchee, {Holarrhena pubescens},


          {Holarrhena antidysenterica}.
          [WordNet 1.5] Conestoga wagon

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conessi
       n : tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly
           used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea [syn: {ivory
           tree}, {kurchi}, {kurchee}, {Holarrhena pubescens}, {Holarrhena
           antidysenterica}]