elcaja

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From its taxonomic name Elcaja roka by Peter Forsskål, modelled after its Arabic names جَوْز القَيْء (jawz al-qayʔ) and رُقَع (ruqaʕ).

Noun[edit]

elcaja (plural not attested)

  1. (obsolete) Trichilia emetica, an Arabian tree whose fruit is an emetic.
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