DULCAMARA
\dˌʌlkɐmˈɑːɹə], \dˌʌlkɐmˈɑːɹə], \d_ˌʌ_l_k_ɐ_m_ˈɑː_ɹ_ə]\
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Bittersweet; remedy exhibited in skin diseases.
By William R. Warner
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A common British hedge-plant, commonly called "bitter-sweet" or "woody night-shade," so named from its stalks or root when chewed first tasting bitter, and then sweet.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Chthonophagy
- A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, West Indies, etc.