Ipecacuanha Definition

noun

A flowering plant, Psychotria ipecacuanha, the root of which has medicinal uses.

Wiktionary

The powdered root of this plant, used as an emetic; ipecac.

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Other Word Forms of Ipecacuanha

Noun

Singular:
ipecacuanha
Plural:
ipecacuanhas

Origin of Ipecacuanha

  • From a Tupian language ipekaaguéne, from ipeh (“low”) + kaâ (“leaves”) + guéne (“vomit”), via Portuguese ipecacuanha.

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Ipecacuanha Sentence Examples

  • The forest products of the state include fine woods, rubber, ipecacuanha, sarsaparilla, jaborandi, vanilla and copaiba.

  • The best known of these are sarsaparilla, ipecacuanha, cinchona, jaborandi and copaiba; vanilla, tonka beans and cloves; Brazil-wood and anatto (Bixa orellana); india-rubber and balata.

  • In the vast untrodden forests farther east there are timber trees of many kinds, incense trees, a great wealth of rubber trees of the Hevea genus, numerous varieties of beautiful palms, sarsaparilla, vanilla, ipecacuanha and copaiba.

  • Among the well-known forest products of this zone are arnotto, jalap, ipecacuanha, sarsaparilla, rubber, orchids and a great variety of gums.

  • The vegetable products of Guatemala include coffee, cocoa, sugar-cane, bananas, oranges, vanilla, aloes, agave, ipecacuanha, castor-oil, sarsaparilla, cinchona, tobacco, indigo and the wax-plant (111yrica cerifera).

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Words Starting With

IIPIPE

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Words Starting With I and Ending With A

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