ipecacuanha

Meaning of ipecacuanha

noun
  1. the dried rhizome of a South American shrub, or a drug prepared from this, used as an emetic and expectorant.
  2. the shrub that produces ipecacuanha, native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.

early 17th century: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani ipekaaguéne ‘emetic creeper’, from ipe ‘small’ + kaa ‘leaves’ + guéne ‘vomit’.

Information about ipecacuanha

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of ipecacuanha is: ipecacuanhas.
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Hyphenation of ipecacuanha

ipecacuanha

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 11 chars.
  • ipecacuanha is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with ipecacuanha

Idanha, Amiranha, Aranha, Maranha, Miranha, piranha, Nahtanha, tanha

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