Asarabacca

Asarabacca

(Science: botany) An acrid herbaceous plant (asarum Europaeum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.

Origin: L. Asarum _ bacca a berry. See asarone.

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