English Explanatory Dictionary

wild ipecacuanha

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The flowering plant Asclepias curassavica.

Word forms

wild ipecacuanha

Etymology

So called because its root is a powerful emetic, like that of the true ipecacuanha.

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