ipecacuanha
/ˌɪpɪkækjʊˈænə/noun
mass noun
1
- the dried rhizome of a South American shrub, or a drug prepared from this, used as an emetic and expectorant（南美用作催吐剂和祛痰剂的）吐根; 吐根制剂。
2
- the shrub that produces this rhizome, native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere吐根头九节（原产于巴西, 别处亦有种植）。
2.1
- Cephaelis ipecacuanha, family Rubiaceae.拉丁名 Cephaelis ipecacuanha, 茜草科。
2.2
- used in names of other plants with similar uses, e.g. American ipecacuanha［用于有类似作用的其他植物的名称中, 如： American ipecacuanha］。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Portuguese， from Tupi-Guarani ipekaaguéne 'emetic creeper'， from ipe 'small' + kaa 'leaves' + guéne 'vomit'.