jab·o·ran·di (j b  -rn-d  , -rnd)n. pl. jab·o·ran·dis 1. Either of two tropical American shrubs (Pilocarpus jaborandi or P. microphyllus) whose dried leaves yield the medicinal alkaloid pilocarpine. 2. The dried leaves of these plants. [Portuguese and American Spanish, from Tupi, one that spits.] |
jaborandi [ˌdʒæbəˈrændɪ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several tropical American rutaceous shrubs of the genus Pilocarpus, esp P. jaborandi
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the dried leaves of any of these plants, used to induce sweating
[from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani yaborandí]
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