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ipecacuanha

South American plant belonging to the madder family, the dried roots of which are used in medicine as an emetic (to cause vomiting) and to treat amoebic dysentery (infection of the intestine with amoebae). (Psychotria ipecacuanha, family Rubiaceae.)

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centrosome
centumviri
Centuriators of Magdeburg
Centuripe
CEO
Ceoltóirí Cualann
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Cephaelis acuminata
cephalaspid
Céphale et Procris
Cephalonia
cephalopod
cephalosporin
Cephalus and Procris
Cepheid variable

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