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[Pref. lasio- (q. v.), and Gr. siphon a siphon.] Bot.: A genus of Thymelacese. Lasiosiphon erio cephalus, or eriocephala , a large shrub, growing in Bengal and Southern India, yields a fiber. (Calcutta Exhibition Report .) Its bark is used for poisoning fish. *lăsk, *laske, s. [A corrupt. of lax (q. v.).] A flux. *lask (1), laske, v . i . [LASK, 8.] To suffer from diarrhea.