Meaning of pareira | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Chondrodendron tomentosum, a large tropical liana native to Central and South America, and a source of tubocurare.
   uncountable, usually
2. A tonic diuretic drug derived from various South and Central American plants.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“Cissampelina, the intensely sweetish-bitter principle found in this body, is very like calumbin in some physical properties; yet we have been wont to associate other therapeutic ideas with pareira, than with calumba.”

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