English Explanatory Dictionary

hiera picra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A warming cathartic medicine made from aloes and canella.

Word forms

hiera picra hickery-pickery hickory-pickery higry-pigry

Etymology

From New Latin hiera picra, from Ancient Greek ἱερᾱ́ πίκρᾱ (hierā́ píkrā, literally “sacred bitterness”).

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