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contrahierba

contrahierba is the alternative form of contrayerva.

Meaning of contrayerva

Noun

contrayerva (usually uncountable, plural contrayervas)

  1. (usually) Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.
  2. (usually) The root of the plant.

Questions about contrahierba

What is contrahierba the alternative form of?
Contrahierba is the alternative form of contrayerva.

Words near contrahierba in the dictionary

  1. contrahelicase
  2. contrahelicases
  3. contrahemispheric
  4. contrahent
  5. contrahents
  6. contrahierba
  7. contrail
  8. contrailed
  9. contrailing
  10. contrails
  11. contraindicant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contrahierba (page history and authors); contrayerva (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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