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corkwood, n Latin name: Duboisia myoporoides; parts used: leaves, stems, roots; uses: motion sickness, gastrointestinal spasms; precautions: pregnancy, lactation, children, patients with glaucoma, myasthenia gravis, stomach or genital blockage, congestive heart failure, enlarged prostates, hypertension, dysrhythmias, and stomach ulcers; can cause palpitations, tachycardia, confusion, restlessness, headaches, blurred sight, nausea, dry mouth, constipation, upset stomach. Also called pituri. corkwood see duboisia. |
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Some fraction of your life, however small, owes its existence to the oxygen produced by each champion tree in the 2006 National Register of Big Trees, from the 1,321-point giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevadas of California to the 25-point corkwood of Waccasassa Bay. Letters were sent inviting property owners and residents in the two-block area - along Cedar and Corkwood avenues between Avenues H-8 and H-12 - to attend the meeting. The huge cork, handmade in Portugal from the finest corkwood, was finished with a wax seal. |
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