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Meaning of DAMIANA

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Da`mi*a"na\, n. [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Med.)
A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac.

Note: There are several varieties derived from different
      plants, esp. from a species of {Turnera} and from
      {Bigelovia veneta}. --Wood & Bache.

 

 

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