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cow plant A climbing plant of Ceylon, Gymnema lactiferum, family Asclepiadaceæ, yielding a milky juice used for food.
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 213 The Cow Plant of Ceylon..yields a milk of which the Cingalese make use for food. 1849Balfour Man. Bot. (1860) 473. 1854 Adams, etc. Nat. Hist. 419. |