Ipecacuanha is a 11 letter word which starts with the letter I and ends with the letter A for which we found 1 definitions.
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(n.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha) largely employed as an emetic; also the plant itself; also a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica) the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha) the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica) and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra). |