Found 1 items, similar to Ionidium Ipecacuanha.
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ionidium Ipecacuanha
Ipecacuanha
\Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha\
([i^]p`[-e]*k[a^]k`[-u]*[a^]n"[.a]), 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).
[1913 Webster]