Definitions For Ipecacuanha

Noun

IPECACUANHA. (countable and uncountable, plural IPECACUANHAs) (medicine, pharmaceutics) The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac. from 17th c. (medicine, pharmaceutics) The flowering plant Carapichea ipecacuanha. from 18th c.

Derived terms

wild ipecacuanha

Translations

Polish: wymiotnica, f, ipekakuana, f Portuguese: ipecacuanha, f Tagalog: ipekakwana

Etymology

From {{der, en, pt, ipecacuanha}}, from a {{der, en, tup}} language ipekaaguéne, from ipeh, , low + kaâ, , leaves + guéne, , vomit.