ipecacuanha
/.ipikækju'ænә/
📖 中文释义
- n. 吐根, 吐根树
- [医] 吐根
🔗 释义中的汉语词
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n. 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).