IpecacIp´e•cac (ip"e•kak), n. An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.
IpecacuanhaIp•e•cac•u•an´ha (ip•e•kak•u•an"a), n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb ( Cephaëlis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also the plant itself; also a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac ( Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac ( Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac ( Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac ( Richardsonia scabra).
IpocrasIp´o•cras, n. Hippocras. [Obs.] Chaucer.
IpomœaIp•o•mœ"a (ip•o•me"a), n. [NL. "Named, according to Linnaeus, from Gr. ’i•ps, ’ipo•s, a bindweed [which it is not], and "o•moios like." Gray. ] (Bot.) A genus of twining plants with showy monopetalous flowers, including the morning-glory, the sweet potato, and the cypress vine.
IpomœicIp•o•mœ"ic, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of Ipomœa purga), and identical in most of its properties with sebacic acid.