Ipecacuanha is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for IPECACUANHA in dictionary:

NOUN:
• (Portuguese) the dried root of various South American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic, also IPECAC
• used in names of other plants with similar uses to ipecacuanha, e.g. American ipecacuanha.
• the dried rhizome of a South American shrub, or a drug prepared from this, used as an emetic and expectorant.
• the shrub that produces ipecacuanha, native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.
• The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis 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).
• the dried root of various S American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and C. ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine; either of these plants
• the dried root of various S. American plants, used as a purgative, expectorant and emetic

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Words that contain IPECACUANHA

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How to use IPECACUANHA in a sentence

• He forms great hopes of success from the effects of his ipecacuanha contrivance.
• The ipecacuanha contrivance convinces me that she loves me.
• When the flowers of the Daffodil are dried in the sun, if a decoction of them is made, from fifteen to thirty grains will prove emetic like that of Ipecacuanha.
• Kramer reports that he has found the root of this plant a medicine similar in virtue to Ipecacuanha.
• The terrified paleface was just about to surrender, when the noble young Brave, Ipecacuanha, dashed forth, and sprang into the fray, rescuing the maiden just in the nick of time.

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