- hiera-picra
- hiera-picra /hīˈə-rə-pikˈrə/nounA 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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