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ipecacuanhanoun
A flowering plant, Psychotria ipecacuanha, the root of which has medicinal uses.
ipecacuanhanoun
The powdered root of this plant, used as an emetic; ipecac.
Etymology: ipekaaguéne, from ipeh + kaâ + guéne, via ipecacuanha.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Ipecacuanhanoun
[An Indian plant.]
Ipecacuanha is a small irregularly contorted root, rough, dense, and firm. One sort is of a dusky greyish colour on the surface, and of a paler grey when broken, which is brought from Peru: the other sort is a smaller root, resembling the former; but it is of a deep dusky brown, or blackish colour on the outside, and white when broken, brought from the Brasils. The grey ought to be preferred in medicinal use, because the brown, being stronger, is apt to operate more roughly. Ipecacuanha was in the middle of the last century first brought into Europe, and became celebrated for the cure of dysenteries, a virtue discovered in it by the Indians; but after a few years it sunk into oblivion, being given in two large doses. John Hill, Mat. Med.
Webster Dictionary
Ipecacuanhanoun
the root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra)
Etymology: [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.]
Wikidata
Ipecacuanha
Ipecacuanha was a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy with Psychotria. The name also refers to: ⁕Ipecacuanha, a drug, the dried root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a plant from Brazil. The ipecacuanha from that country is called annulated, to distinguish it from the striated kind from Peru. The active ingredients reside chiefly in the cortex. It contains a feeble alkaloid called ceretin. Its preparation are pills, powders, lozenges, and wine. In large doses it is an emetic; in smaller ones it is an expectorant and an alterative. It is considered a specific in dysentery. Made into an ointment, it is a counter-irritant. ⁕Ipecacuanha is used to refer to plants which produce this drug, which include the plant mentioned and others. ⁕Ipecacuanha, the name of the ship that is captained by a Davis in H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ipecacuanha
ip-e-kak-ū-an′a, n. the name both of a very valuable medicine and of the plant whose root produces it—used as an emetic. [Brazilian, 'smaller roadside sick-making plant.']
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ipecacuanha in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ipecacuanha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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