ipecacs

Meaning of ipecacs

plural noun

short for ipecacuanha.

plural 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 ipecacs

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

ipecacs

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • ipecacs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Anagrams of ipecacs

icecaps

Words that rhyme with ipecacs

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