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ipecac

or ipecacuanha

Dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical New World plants ( and ) of the madder family. It has been used since ancient times especially as a source of a drug to treat poisoning by inducing nausea and vomiting. The name also refers to the drug itself.

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