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Stro*phan"thus (?), n. [NL., from Gr. a turning + a flower.] Bot.
A genus of tropical apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species (Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac sedative and stimulant.
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