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pit⋅u⋅ri

[pich-uh-ree]
–noun
1. a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
2. a stimulant made from the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used by the aborigines as a narcotic.

Origin:
1860–65; < Wiradjuri pi-ju-rī
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