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Webster 1913 Edition


Picra

Pi′cra

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] sharp, bitter.]
(Med.)
The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.

Definition 2024


picra

picra

English

Noun

picra (uncountable)

  1. (medicine, dated) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.