YOHIMBE


Meaning of YOHIMBE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ yō-ˈhim-bā, yə-, -bē ]

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

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