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dulcamara

dulcamara noun: the dried young branches of the woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), formerly used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, sedative, and narcotic.

Noun

dulcamara (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The dried young branches of the woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), formerly used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, sedative, and narcotic.

Origin of dulcamara

Borrowed from Latin dūlcamāra.

Words formed from dulcamara

Questions about dulcamara

What does dulcamara mean?
Dulcamara means the dried young branches of the woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), formerly used as a diuretic, diaphoretic, sedative, and narcotic.
What part of speech is dulcamara?
Dulcamara is a noun.

Words near dulcamara in the dictionary

  1. Dulas
  2. Dulay
  3. Dulays
  4. Dulbu
  5. dulcacid
  6. dulcamara
  7. dulcamarin
  8. dulce
  9. dulce de leche
  10. Dulce Nombre de María
  11. dulced

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