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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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