单词 | jaborandi |
释义 | jaborandi/ˌdʒabəˈrandi /noun 1 [mass noun] A drug made from the dried leaves of certain South American plants, which contain the alkaloid pilocarpine and promote salivation when chewed.In exanthematous fevers of all kinds jaborandi in small doses is the remedy par excellence....
2Any of the plants that yield jaborandi.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Tupi-Guarani jaburandi, literally 'a person who spits'. |
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