ipecacuanhas

Meaning of ipecacuanhas

plural 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 ipecacuanhas

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

ipecacuan-has

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 12 chars.
  • ipecacuanhas is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with ipecacuanhas

panhas, piranhas, farinhas, Congonhas, pupunhas

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