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Webster 1913 Edition

Contrayerva

Conˊtra-yer′va

,
Noun.
[Sp.
contrayerba
, literally, a counter herb, hence, an antidote for poison, fr. l.
contra + herba
herb.]
(Bot.)
A species of
Dorstenia
(
Dorstenia Contrayerva
), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contrayerva

CONTRAYERVA

,
Noun.
[L., an antidote for poison, or in general, an antidote.] The genus of plants, Dorstenia; all low herbaceous plants, natives of the warm climates of America, and useful as diaphoretics.

Definition 2024

contrayerva

contrayerva

English

Noun

contrayerva ‎(plural contrayervas)

  1. Dorstenia contrajerva, a South American plant whose aromatic root is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

Etymology

From Spanish contrayerba ‎(“literally, a counter-herb, hence an antidote for poison”), from Latin contra + herba ‎(“herb”).

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