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Definition: Pilocarpus pennatifolius
Jaborandi
\Jab`o*ran"di\, n. (Bot.)
The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub
(
Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine
as an diaphoretic and sialogogue.
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Pilocarpine
\Pi`lo*car"pine\, n. [From NL.
Pilocarpus pennatifolius
jaborandi; L. pilus hair + Gr. karpo`s fruit:
cf. F. pilocarpine.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (
Pilocarpus pennatifolius
) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance
which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
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Pilocarpine
\Pi`lo*car"pine\, n. [From NL.
Pilocarpus pennatifolius
jaborandi; L. pilus hair + Gr. karpo`s fruit:
cf. F. pilocarpine.] (Chem.)
An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (
Pilocarpus pennatifolius
) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance
which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system.
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