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GOUANIA DOMINGENSIS

\ɡwˈɑːniə də͡ʊmˈɪnd͡ʒənsˌɪs], \ɡwˈɑːniə də‍ʊmˈɪnd‍ʒənsˌɪs], \ɡ_w_ˈɑː_n_i__ə d_əʊ_m_ˈɪ_n_dʒ_ə_n_s_ˌɪ_s]\

Definitions of GOUANIA DOMINGENSIS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Chaw stick; a climbing species found in the West Indies, where the juice is used as a tonic, and the wood, which is thought to be antiseptic, for tooth brushes, the end of a short piece of a twig being frayed out for the purpose.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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