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ipecacuanha

/ɪpɪkakjuːˈænə/

ipecacuanha noun: the root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac.

Noun

ipecacuanha (countable and uncountable, plural ipecacuanhas)

  1. The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac.
    • This ipecacuanha is a most disagreeable medicine!1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […]...
    • A general labor “shortage” crimped Amazonian drug supply chains: the difficulty of procuring ipecacuanha, for example, stemmed not only from the health hazards of the emetic's acrid juice and pungent dust to workers but from bosses' reluctance to reassign indebted rubber tappers to uproot the plant.2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN
  2. The flowering plant Carapichea ipecacuanha.

ipecacuanha meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

ipecacuanha in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

ipecacuanha in Tagalog

flowering plant
ipekakwana

Forms of ipecacuanha

pluralipecacuanhas

Origin of ipecacuanha

From Brazilian Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Old Tupi ypekakûãîa, from ypeka (“duck”) + akûãîa (“penis”).

Words formed from ipecacuanha

Questions about ipecacuanha

What does ipecacuanha mean?
Ipecacuanha means the root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac.
What is ipecacuanha in Tamil?
Ipecacuanha in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Ipecacuanha meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ipecacuanha?
Ipecacuanha is a noun.
How do you pronounce ipecacuanha?
Ipecacuanha is pronounced /ɪpɪkakjuːˈænə/.
What is the plural of ipecacuanha?
The plural of ipecacuanha is ipecacuanhas.

Words near ipecacuanha in the dictionary

  1. IPD
  2. IPDs
  3. ipe
  4. ipecac
  5. ipecacs
  6. ipecacuanha
  7. ipecacuanhas
  8. ipecacuanhic acid
  9. IPED
  10. IPEDs
  11. IPEN

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