Kurchee

2 definitions found

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

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


          {Holarrhena antidysenterica}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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