ipecac

Meaning of ipecac

noun

short for ipecacuanha.

noun
  1. the dried rhizome of a South American shrub, or a drug prepared from this, used as an emetic and expectorant.
  2. the shrub that produces ipecacuanha, native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.

early 17th century: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani ipekaaguéne ‘emetic creeper’, from ipe ‘small’ + kaa ‘leaves’ + guéne ‘vomit’.

Information about ipecac

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of ipecac is: ipecacs.
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Hyphenation of ipecac

ipecac

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • ipecac is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of ipecac

icecap

Words that rhyme with ipecac

calmecac

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