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contrayerva
[ kon-truh-yur-vuh ]
noun
- the root of certain tropical American plants of the genus Dorstenia, of the mulberry family, especially D. contrajerva, used as a stimulant, diaphoretic, etc.
contrayerva
/ ˌkɒntrəˈjɜːvə /
noun
- the root of any of several tropical American moraceous plants of the genus Dorstenia, esp D. contrayerva, used as a stimulant and tonic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contrayerva1
1650–60; < Spanish contrayerba, contrahierba < Latin contrā contra- 1( def ) + herba herb; so called from its being thought an antidote to poison
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Word History and Origins
Origin of contrayerva1
C17: from Spanish contrayerba, from contra- + yerba grass, (poisonous) plant, from Latin herba; referring to the belief that it was an antidote to poisons
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Example Sentences
I then gave him a Mixture, with spiritus mindereri, and the pulvis contrayerva comp.
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The contrayerva infusion in distilled water had acquired a disagreeable fœtor, but the beef was not yet putrid.
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Contrayerva, kon-tra-yėr′va, n. a stimulating and tonic aromatic root of tropical America.
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