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Definition of: chaulmoogra
(chôl·m
′grə) noun
An East Indian and Malayan tree (Taraktogenos kurzii, family Flacourtiaceae), from whose seeds is extracted the yellowish chaulmoogra oil, used in the treatment of leprosy and other skin diseases. Also chaul·mu′gra. [<Bengali cāulmugrā]
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