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Webster 1913 Edition
Monesia
Mo-ne′sia
,Noun.
(Pharm.)
The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree
Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum
. It is used as an alterative and astringent. Definition 2024
monesia
monesia
English
Noun
monesia (uncountable)
- (medicine, dated) A vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America, believed to be derived from the bark of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum, and used as an alterative and astringent.