krameria

British

/ krəˈmɪərɪə /

noun

another name for rhatany rhatany

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Etymology

Origin of krameria

C18: New Latin, named (by Linnaeus) after J. G. H. Kramer, an Austrian botanist

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"Krameria triandria" amended to Krameria triandra.

From Project Gutenberg

Krameria triandra.—This is one of the species that yield the rhatany roots of commerce.

From Project Gutenberg

We find that the passages are often putty-colored in disorders of the liver, frequently bloody or tarry in appearance in bleeding within the bowel, and liable to be black after taking bismuth, charcoal, or iron, and red after krameria, kino, or haematoxylon.

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