asarabacca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An acrid herbaceous plant, Asarum europaeum, the leaves and roots of which were used for emetic and cathartic purposes.

Word forms

asarabacca asarabaccas asarabacke

Etymology

From Latin asarum + baccar.

Related words

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