chiraytachirettan.

/tʃɪˈrʌɪtə/

/tʃɪˈrɛtə/

Forms: Also chirata, chireeta.

Etymology: < Hindi chirāītā, Bengali chirāta, Dakhini chirāēta, Marathi kirāītā < Sanskrit kirāta-tikta butter plant of the Kirātas, an ancient forest tribe on the N.E. of Bengal.

a. A plant, Ophelia (or Agathotes) Chirayta, family Gentianaceæ, found in northern India.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > other non-British medicinal plants or plant parts

scammony1567

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1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica v. 134 Chiretta or Chirayta,..a perennial plant, growing in Hindostan and Bengal.

1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 511 Chiretta contains two bitter principles, chiratin and ophelic acid.

b. The bitter tonic obtained from this, used like quinine.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > tonic > plant-derived

hypocistisa1425

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chirayta1847

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boldo1908

1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 277 Chirayta possesses the general properties of bitter tonics.

Derivatives

chiˈraytin n.

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1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 277 What is..sold as a sulphate of chiraytine is well known to be only the disulphate of quinia.

chiˈratin n.

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1881Chiratin [see chiratogenin n.].

chiraˈtogenin n. Chemistry bitter principles obtained from chirayta.

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1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Chiratin, C₂₆H₄₈O₁₅. One of the two bitter constituents of chirata..a yellow, somewhat hygroscopic powder..Chiratogenin, C₁₃H₂₄O₃..a yellowish-brown, amorphous, bitter substance.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	chirayta
释义	chiraytachirettan. /tʃɪˈrʌɪtə/ /tʃɪˈrɛtə/ Forms: Also chirata, chireeta. Etymology: < Hindi chirāītā, Bengali chirāta, Dakhini chirāēta, Marathi kirāītā < Sanskrit kirāta-tikta butter plant of the Kirātas, an ancient forest tribe on the N.E. of Bengal. a. A plant, Ophelia (or Agathotes) Chirayta, family Gentianaceæ, found in northern India. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > other non-British medicinal plants or plant parts scammony1567 teamster's tea1728 buchu1731 goatweed1756 Iceland moss1785 argel1803 opopanax-wort1811 papoose root1811 ginseng1818 mad-dog weed1818 chirayta1829 Corsican moss1849 goatweed1864 devil's claw1876 sneezeweed1877 lingzhi1904 mountain pink1936 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica v. 134 Chiretta or Chirayta,..a perennial plant, growing in Hindostan and Bengal. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 511 Chiretta contains two bitter principles, chiratin and ophelic acid. b. The bitter tonic obtained from this, used like quinine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > tonic > plant-derived hypocistisa1425 red sanders1553 sarsaparilla1577 langue de boeuf1615 sarsa1625 zerumbet1640 Winter's cinnamon1673 cascarilla1686 Winteran bark1694 simarouba1733 hypocist1751 Oswego tea1752 yellowroot1755 calumba1789 pipsissewa1793 prince's pine1807 strychnine1819 strychnia1823 false Winter's bark1830 strychnina1838 musk root1844 sumbul root1844 chirayta1847 Cusparia1852 phytin1905 boldo1908 1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 277 Chirayta possesses the general properties of bitter tonics. Derivatives chiˈraytin n. ΚΠ 1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 277 What is..sold as a sulphate of chiraytine is well known to be only the disulphate of quinia. chiˈratin n. ΚΠ 1881Chiratin [see chiratogenin n.]. chiraˈtogenin n. Chemistry bitter principles obtained from chirayta. ΚΠ 1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Chiratin, C₂₆H₄₈O₁₅. One of the two bitter constituents of chirata..a yellow, somewhat hygroscopic powder..Chiratogenin, C₁₃H₂₄O₃..a yellowish-brown, amorphous, bitter substance. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1829
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