Definition of Pareira

1. a medicinal plant root [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pareira

1. Pareira brava, the root of Chondodendron tomentosum and other species of Chondodendron (family Menispermaceae), a vine of tropical America; one of the chief sources of d-tubocurarine; it has diuretic and urinary antiseptic properties. Origin: Pg. Parreira, vine trained against a wall (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pareira

pare down
parecisms
parecon
parectasis
parectropia
pared
paregmenon
paregmenons
paregoric
paregorick
paregorics
pareidolia
pareidolias
pareidolic
pareiras
parelcon
parelectronomic
parelectronomy
parelius
parella
parellas
parelle
parelles
parembole
paremiological
paremiologist
paremiologists
paremiology

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