jaborandi

[jab-uh-ran-dee, -ran-dee]

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noun

jaborandis

any of several South American shrubs belonging to the genus Pilocarpus, of the rue family.
the dried leaflets of certain of these plants, especially P. jaborandi, containing the alkaloid pilocarpine, used in medicine.

jaborandi

/ ˌdʒæbəˈrændɪ /

any of several tropical American rutaceous shrubs of the genus Pilocarpus , esp P. jaborandi
the dried leaves of any of these plants, used to induce sweating

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1870–75; < Portuguese < Tupi, said to mean “one who makes saliva, one who spits”

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C19: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani yaborandí

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After this nothing is given but orange-leaf tea, to promote perspiration, and sometimes a little extract of jaborandi.

Jaborandi should be employed with caution.

Jaborandi has been used in yellow fever.

Jaborandi or its alkaloid pilocarpin will generally produce it.

But lately a diaphoretic which far surpasses these in efficiency has been discovered in pilocarpine, the active principle of jaborandi.

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