SPIGELIA
\spa͡ɪd͡ʒˈiːli͡ə], \spaɪdʒˈiːliə], \s_p_aɪ_dʒ_ˈiː_l_iə]\
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sp[=i]-j[=e]'li-a, n. a genus of plants of the natural order Loganiaceæ, containing the Worm-grass and Carolina-pink, the root--Pink-root--being purgative, narcotic, and poisonous, a powerful vermifuge.--adj. SPIG[=E]'LIAN, denoting the lobulus spigelii, one of the lobes of the liver. [From the Belgian Ad. van der Spiegel (1558-1625).]
By Thomas Davidson