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