picra

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek πίκρα (píkra, “a kind of antidote”), from πικρός (pikrós, “sharp, bitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪkɹə/

Noun

picra (uncountable)

1. (medicine, dated or historical) The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal, employed as a cathartic.

Related terms

• hiera picra

References

• “picra”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Capri, capri, carpi