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Webster 1913 Edition

Ipecacuanha

Ipˊe-cacˊu-an′ha

(ĭpˊē̍-kăkˊū̍-ăn′ȧ)
,
Noun.
[Pg.
ipecacuanha
(cf. Sp.
ipecacuana
); fr. Braz.
ipe-kaa-guena
, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.]
(Med. & Bot.)
The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (
Cephaëlis Ipecacuanha
), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (
Psychotria emetica
), the white ipecac (
Ionidium Ipecacuanha
), the bastard or wild ipecac (
Asclepias Curassavica
), and the undulated ipecac (
Richardsonia scabra
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Ipecacuanha

IPECACUAN'HA

,
Noun.
A root produced in South America. Four sorts are mentioned, gray, brown, white, and yellow. The gray, or genuine kind, is referred by Mutis to the Psychotria emetica, but more recently by Brotero to the Callicocca Ipecacuanha, a plant growing in Brazil. These plants have been considered by some as the same, or as species of the same genus. This root is used as an emetic. Ipecacuanha is a little wrinkled root about the thickness of a moderate quill, much used as an emetic, and against diarrheas and dysenteries.

Definition 2024

ipecacuanha

ipecacuanha

English

Noun

ipecacuanha ‎(plural ipecacuanhas)

  1. A flowering plant, Carapichea ipecacuanha, the root of which has medicinal uses.
  2. The powdered root of this plant, used as an emetic; ipecac.

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

ipecacuanha f (plural ipecacuanhas)

  1. ipecacuanha (flowering plant)

Etymology

From a Tupian language ipekaaguéne, from ipeh ‎(“low”) + kaâ ‎(“leaves”) + guéne ‎(“vomit”), via Portuguese ipecacuanha.

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