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do⋅ron⋅i⋅cum

  [duh-ron-uh-kuhm]
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–noun
any composite plant of the genus Doronicum, comprising the leopard's-banes.
Origin:
1600–10; < NL < Ar dārūn(aj) (< Pers darūnak) + L -icum, neut. of -icus -ic
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do·ron·i·cum   (də-rŏn'ĭ-kəm)   
n.  A plant of the genus Doronicum, which includes the leopard's bane.

[New Latin, from Arabic darawnaj, from Persian darūnak.]
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