jaborandi
/ˌdʒæbəˈrændɪ/noun
1
- mass noun a drug made from the dried leaves of certain South American plants, which contain the alkaloid pilocarpine and promote salivation when chewed(药用)毛果芸香叶。
2
- any of the plants that yield this drug可制成该种药物的植物。
2.1
- Several genera and species, in particular Pilocarpus jaborandi (family Rutaceae)数属, 数种, 尤指拉丁名为Pilocarpus jaborandi的毛果芸香(芸香科)。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Tupi-Guarani jaburandi, literally 'a person who spits'.