pareira

pareira |pəˈrɛːrə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a drug obtained from the root of a Brazilian climbing plant, used as a homeopathic diuretic, especially after abdominal surgery. ●This drug is obtained from Chondrodendron tomentosum, family Menispermaceae. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Portuguese parreira ‘vine trained against a wall ’.

pareira

pareira |pəˈrɛːrə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a drug obtained from the root of a Brazilian climbing plant, used as a homeopathic diuretic, especially after abdominal surgery. ●This drug is obtained from Chondrodendron tomentosum, family Menispermaceae. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Portuguese parreira ‘vine trained against a wall ’.