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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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