chaulmoogra tree

Questions about chaulmoogra tree

What does chaulmoogra tree mean?

chaulmoogra tree means "East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy".

What is another word for chaulmoogra tree?

Close synonyms include chaulmoogra, chaulmugra, Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chaulmoogra tree a common word?

chaulmoogra tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.