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a vegetable oil obtained from the seeds of the chaulmoogra, formerly much used in the treatment of leprosy and skin diseases.
a yellowish oil or soft cream-coloured fat obtained from the seeds of trees of the genus Hydnocarpus, esp. H. wightiana and H. anthelminthica, and…