English-Thai Dictionary
ipecacuanha
N ราก แห้ง ของ ต้น Cephaelis Ipecacaunha มี ฤทธิ์ อาเจียน และ ขับ เสมหะ ipecac
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
IPECACUANHA
n.A root produced in South America. Four sorts are mentioned, gray, brown, white, and yellow. The gray, or genuine kind, is referred by Mutis to the Psychotria emetica, but more recently by Brotero to the Callicocca Ipecacuanha, a plant growing in Brazil. These plants have been considered by some as the same, or as species of the same genus. This root is used as an emetic. Ipecacuanha is a little wrinkled root about the thickness of a moderate quill, much used as an emetic, and against diarrheas and dysenteries.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
IPECACUANHA
Ip `e *cac `u *an "ha, n. Etym: [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana ); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop. , a creeping plant that causes vomiting. ] (Med. & Bot. )
Defn: The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaëlis 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 ).
Oxford Dictionary
ipecacuanha
ipecacuanha |ˌɪpɪkakjʊˈanə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the dried rhizome of a South American shrub, or a drug prepared from this, used as an emetic and expectorant. 2 the shrub that produces ipecacuanha, native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere. ●Cephaelis ipecacuanha, family Rubiaceae. • used in names of other plants with similar uses to ipecacuanha, e.g. American ipecacuanha. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani ipekaaguéne ‘emetic creeper ’, from ipe ‘small ’ + kaa ‘leaves ’ + guéne ‘vomit ’.
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