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ip⋅e⋅cac

  [ip-i-kak]
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–noun
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, ip⋅e⋅cac⋅u⋅an⋅ha  [ip-i-kak-yoo-an-uh] .

Origin:
1780–90, Americanism; short for ipecacuanha < Pg < Tupi ipekaaguéne, equiv. to ipeh low + kaâ leaves + guéne vomit
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ip·e·cac   (ĭp'ĭ-kāk')   
n.  
    1. A low-growing tropical American shrub (Cephaelis ipecacuanha) having roots and rhizomes that yield emetine.
    2. The dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub.
  2. A medicinal preparation made from the dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub that is used to induce vomiting, particularly in cases of poisoning and drug overdose.

[Short for Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Tupi ipekaaguéne : ipeh, low + kaâ, leaves + guéne, vomit.]
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Ipecacuanha

Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha\, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cepha["e]lis 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).
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