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contrayerva

contrayerva noun: dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

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.

Forms of contrayerva

pluralcontrayervas

Origin of contrayerva

From Spanish contrayerba (“literally, a counter-herb, hence an antidote for poison”), from Latin contra + herba (“herb”).

Questions about contrayerva

What does contrayerva mean?
Contrayerva means dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.
What part of speech is contrayerva?
Contrayerva is a noun.
What is the plural of contrayerva?
The plural of contrayerva is contrayervas.

Words near contrayerva in the dictionary

  1. contraversion
  2. contraversions
  3. contraversive
  4. contraversively
  5. contrawise
  6. contrayerva
  7. contrayervas
  8. Contrazy
  9. contre-jour
  10. contrecoup
  11. contrecoups

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