n.
Pronunciation: y ō - ' him-b ā , y ə -, -b ē
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, probably from a Bantu language of southern Cameroon
Date: 1930
: a tropical African tree ( Pausinystalia yohimbe syn. Corynanthe yohimbe ) of the madder family whose bark yields yohimbine also : a preparation of the bark that is used especially as an aphrodisiac