||Stro*phan"thus (?), n. [NL., from Gr.
&?; a turning + &?; a flower.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical
apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species
(Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac
sedative and stimulant.
||Stro*phan"thus (?), n. [NL., from Gr.
&?; a turning + &?; a flower.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical
apocynaceous shrubs having singularly twisted flowers. One species
(Strophanthus hispidus) is used medicinally as a cardiac
sedative and stimulant.