jaborandi

(jab′ə ran)

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

Origin:

Origin: Portuguese

Origin: and American Spanish

Origin: , from Tupi, one that spits

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