jequirity
Americannoun
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the rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, of the legume family.
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Also called jequirity beans. the poisonous scarlet seeds of the rosary pea, used for making necklaces and rosaries.
noun
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other names for Indian liquorice
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the seed of the Indian liquorice
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Etymology
Origin of jequirity
1880–85; < Portuguese jequirití < Tupi-Guarani jekirití
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"You remember," she cried, breathlessly, "you said that a jequirity bean was sent to Captain Shirley?"
From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Did the same explanation shed any light on the mystery of the nautch- girl and the jequirity bean sent to Shirley?
From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
Kennedy continued looking at the remainder of the jequirity beans and a liquid he had developed from some of them.
From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
They are Hindu prayer-beans, sometimes called ruttee, jequirity beans, seeds of the plant known to science as Abrus precatorius.
From The Treasure-Train by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
The French oculist, Dr. de Wecker, was the first to employ jequirity for this purpose, in the form of a 24 hours’ maceration of the seeds, 10 grams to 500 grams of water.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
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