Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
yo·him·be Pronunciation:
yO-'him-bA, y&-, -bE Function:
noun : a tropical African tree (
Pausinystalia yohimbe syn.
Corynanthe yohimbe) of the madder family whose bark yields the alkaloid yohimbine;
also : a preparation of the bark that in herbal medicine is held to be useful as an aphrodisiacand in treating weakness and feebleness
[yoh-him-bey, -bee] 
