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Ndúa

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Portuguese definitions

  1. 1
    adjective
    (adjetivo) Said of diseases caused by haemorrhage or excess of blood.
  2. 2
    In which blood predominates; sanguinolent; that sheds much blood.
  3. 3
    noun
    (substantivo) (zoologia) Genus of birds of the musophagid type; turaco, also known as «papa-bananas»; bird whose tail is the colour of blood.
  4. 4
    botany
    (botânica) Poisonous plant whose root or bark is used to prepare the mbulungu oath; sanguinheiro (ipotoxicaria).
  5. 5
    Rubiaceous shrub; emetic root or bark of that shrub; ipecac.
  6. 6
    The putrid blood that corpses discharge through the nose; redness; that which has the colour of blood.

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