- a variation of ipecac.
ipecacuanha
Britishnoun
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a low-growing South American rubiaceous shrub, Cephaelis ipecacuanha
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a drug prepared from the dried roots of this plant, used as a purgative and emetic
Etymology
Origin of ipecacuanha
C18: from Portuguese, from Tupi ipekaaguéne, from ipeh low + kaa leaves + guéne vomit
Example Sentences
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Here is Yeats on the flighty mother of an artist friend: “She makes me think of lumpy beds, Russian fleas and ipecacuanha wine.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2012
Like ipecacuanha it seems to have little tendency to act on the bowels or depress the vital powers, and it decidedly increases the secretion of the pulmonary organs.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas
Among other things she had obtained a box of ipecacuanha lozenges for his cough.
From The Peasant and the Prince by Joseph Martin Kronheim
They are the hot bath, and a full dose of ipecacuanha wine.
From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West
He invented a diaphoretic powder containing ipecacuanha and opium, which is used to this day, and is still known as Dover's powder.
From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Philip Gosse
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