contrayerva

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kon′trə yûr′və)


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con•tra•yer•va  (kon′trə yûr′və),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologythe root of certain tropical American plants of the genus Dorstenia, of the mulberry family, esp. D. contrajerva, used as a stimulant, diaphoretic, etc.
  • Latin contrā contra-1 + herba herb; so called from its being thought an antidote to poison
  • Spanish contrayerba, contrahierba
  • 1650–60


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