picra
Meanings
noun
- The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin picra, from Ancient Greek πίκρα (píkra, “a kind of antidote”), from πικρός (pikrós, “sharp, bitter”).
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