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damiana

damiana noun: turnera diffusa, an American passifloraceous shrub used in making a traditional Mexican liqueur, and as an aphrodisiac.

Noun

damiana (uncountable)

  1. Turnera diffusa, an American passifloraceous shrub used in making a traditional Mexican liqueur, and as an aphrodisiac.
  2. A preparation made from this plant.
    • But most likely my judgement was distorted by my contempt for his acting the young buck [...] for ever waxing his moustaches and loading himself with medicaments supposed to replace the failing sap of youth, glycerophosphates, formates, nux vomica, yohimba, damiana.1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 178
    • In 1878, the firm's fluid extract of guaraná sold for $10 per pound, while[…]damiana (for the treatment of male sexual dysfunction) fetched $4.00; […].2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN

Questions about damiana

What does damiana mean?
Damiana means turnera diffusa, an American passifloraceous shrub used in making a traditional Mexican liqueur, and as an aphrodisiac.
What part of speech is damiana?
Damiana is a noun.

Words near damiana in the dictionary

  1. Damgalnuna
  2. Damgalnunna
  3. Damgo
  4. Damia
  5. Damian
  6. damiana
  7. Damiani
  8. Damianis
  9. Damianist
  10. Damianists
  11. damianita

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