ipecac

ipecac
/ip"i kak'/, n.
1. the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
2. the plant itself.
3. a drug consisting of the dried roots of this plant, used as an emetic, purgative, etc., and as the source of emetine.
Also, ipecacuanha /ip'i kak'yooh an"euh/.
[1780-90, Amer.; short for ipecacuanha < Pg < Tupi ipekaaguéne, equiv. to ipeh low + kaâ leaves + guéne vomit]

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or ipecacuanha

Dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical New World plants (Cephaelis acuminata and C. ipecacuanha) of the madder family.

It has been used since ancient times especially as a source of a drug to treat poisoning by inducing nausea and vomiting. The name also refers to the drug itself.

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