jab|o|ran|di

jab|o|ran|di
jab|o|ran|di «JAB uh RAN dee», noun, plural -dis.
1. the dried leaflets of a South American shrub of the rue family, containing an alkaloid drug, pilocarpine, a formerly the principal source of it.
2. the plant itself, or any one of various similar plants.
[< Spanish or Portuguese jaburandí < Tupi or Guarani]

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