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turpeth

/'tә:piθ/

📖 中文释义

  1. n. 印度喇叭花[牵牛花]
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar,
  2. and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes
  3. called vegetable turpeth.
  4. n. A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic
  5. mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.