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jaborandi

(jab′ə ran′dē)

noun

the dried leaflets of various South American plants (genus Pilocarpus) of the rue family, that yield the alkaloid pilocarpine

Origin: Port < Tupí

See jaborandi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. jab·o·ran·dis

Either of two tropical American shrubs (Pilocarpus jaborandi or P. microphyllus) whose dried leaves yield the medicinal alkaloid pilocarpine.
The dried leaves of these plants.

Origin:

Origin: Portuguese

Origin: and American Spanish

Origin: , from Tupi, one that spits

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