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jaborandi
jaborandi [ jábbə rándi ] (plural jaborandis or jaborandi)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. dried leaves used as medicine: dried leaves that yield the drug pilocarpine
2. tropical American bush: a bush of the rue family whose leaves yield pilocarpine. Native to: tropical America.  Genus Pilocarpus.
[Early 17th century. Via Portuguese< Tupi-Guarani jaburandi 'somebody who spits'; from the increased saliva of those who chew the leaves]
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