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jaborandi

jab·o·ran·di [ jàbbə rándee ] (plural jab·o·ran·dis or jab·o·ran·di)


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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