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- Portuguese · derived fromipecacuanha
- English todayipecac
Contraction of ipecacuanha, from Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Old Tupi ypekakûãîa, from ypeka (“duck”) + akûãîa (“penis”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine. Full definition →
Portuguese ipecacuanha