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‖ Vandellia|vænˈdɛlɪə|
[mod.L. (Linnæus), from the name of Domenico Vandelli (1732–), an Italian botanist, in later life resident in Portugal.]
A genus of scrophulariaceous plants, some of which possess emetic or purgative properties; a plant of this genus, esp. V. diffusa, or a medicinal preparation of this.
1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 618/1. 1829 Loudon Encycl. Plants. 530 Diffuse Vandellia. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Africa 396 Employed in this manner the vandellia is as certain in its action as ipecacuanha. |