picra
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek πίκρα (píkra, “a kind of antidote”), from πικρός (pikrós, “sharp, bitter”).
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Noun[edit]
picra (uncountable)
- (medicine, dated or historical) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.
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References[edit]
- “picra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.