Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Aris·to·lo·chia Pronunciation:
(")a-"ris-t&-'lO-kE-& Function:
noun : a large genus (the type of the familyAristolochiaceae) of mostly tropical herbs or woody vines with pungent aromatic rootstocks and very irregular flowers that includes several that have been used medicinally (as Texas snakeroot,
A.reticulata, and Virginia snakeroot,
A. serpentaria)
