turbith

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English

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Etymology

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From Old French turbit or its source, Medieval Latin turbithum, from Arabic تُرْبِد (turbid).

Noun

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turbith (uncountable)

  1. A type of purgative drug made from the root of a type of morning glory plant (Operculina turpethum); or the plant itself.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.4.1.ii:
      [] turbith, agarick, mirabolanes, hermodactils from the East Indies, tobacco from the West []

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Noun

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turbith m (plural turbiths)

  1. turbith

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