hiera-picra

hiera-picra
hiera-picra /hīˈə-rə-pikˈrə/
noun
A purgative drug made from aloes and canella bark (also hickˈery-pickˈery or higˈry-pigˈry)
ORIGIN: Gr hierā (fem), sacred, and pikrā (fem), bitter

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