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Webster 1913 Edition

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(jĭm-nŏ′lȧ-dŭs)

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

γυμνόσ

naked +

κλάδοσ

a branch.]

(Bot.)

A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.