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IPECACUANHA - For the plant species commonly known as Ipecacuanha, see Carapichea ipecacuanhaIpecacuanha was a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family bu...

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Possible Crossword Clues
Natural emetic drug
Copper swallowed by uncouth Phaeacian as emetic

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May 13 2010 The Telegraph - Toughie
Nov 6 2004 The Times - Concise

Possible Dictionary Clues
A flowering plant, Psychotria ipecacuanha, the root of which has medicinal uses.
The powdered root of this plant, used as an emetic ipecac.

Ipecacuanha description
For the plant species commonly known as Ipecacuanha, see Carapichea ipecacuanhaIpecacuanha was a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy with Psychotria. * The name also refers to:* Ipecacuanha, a drug, the dried root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a plant from Brazil. The ipecacuanha from that country is called annulated, to distinguish it from the striated kind from Peru. The active ingredients reside chiefly in the cortex. It contains a feeble alkaloid called ceretin. Its preparations are pills, powders, lozenges, and wine. In large doses it is an emetic; in smaller ones it is an expectorant and a restorative. It is considered a specific in dysentery. Made into an ointment, it is a counter-irritant. * Ipecacuanha is used to refer to plants which produce this drug, which include the plant mentioned and others. * Ipecacuanha, the name of the ship that is captained by a Davis in H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896).

Ipecacuanha description

For the plant species commonly known as Ipecacuanha, see Carapichea ipecacuanhaIpecacuanha was a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy with Psychotria.
* The name also refers to:* Ipecacuanha, a drug, the dried root of Cephaelis ipecacuanha, a plant from Brazil. The ipecacuanha from that country is called annulated, to distinguish it from the striated kind from Peru. The active ingredients reside chiefly in the cortex. It contains a feeble alkaloid called ceretin. Its preparations are pills, powders, lozenges, and wine. In large doses it is an emetic; in smaller ones it is an expectorant and a restorative. It is considered a specific in dysentery. Made into an ointment, it is a counter-irritant.
* Ipecacuanha is used to refer to plants which produce this drug, which include the plant mentioned and others.
* Ipecacuanha, the name of the ship that is captained by a Davis in H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896).

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