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Chionanthus

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n.1.a genus of deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree.
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Noun1.Chionanthus - deciduous trees or shrubs: fringe tree
genus Chionanthus
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family Oleaceae, Oleaceae, olive family - trees and shrubs having berries or drupes or capsules as fruits; sometimes placed in the order Oleales: olive; ash; jasmine; privet; lilac
fringe tree - any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus
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Key Words: Fringe tree, Chionanthus virginicus, herbal, phytoequivalence, Phytotherapy Introduction Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus L.
Fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus L.) stem bark offers a ... by Penman, K.G.; Bone, K.M.; Lehmann, R.P. / Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism
americanus, in contrast, seems to be more closely related to Chionanthus than to the aforementioned genera (Wallander and Albert, 2000).
Torus-bearing pit membranes in selected species of the Oleaceae by Dute, Roland R.; Jansen, Steven; Holloway, Charles; Paris, Kyle / Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science
William Bartram also found the wild American, native flowering tree, the Grancy Greybeard, Chionanthus virginicus, growing as an under story plant, as described in his book, Travels, written in 1773, page 7.
The History of Important Flowering Trees by Pat Malcolm / Home improvement and landscaping community
 
 
 
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