See Also: contrayerva(dictionary)

contrayerva (iou)



contrayerva noun. M17.
[Spanish, lit. 'counter-herb', i.e. one used as an antidote, from contra- CONTRA- + yerva (now hierba) herb.]
(The root of) any of several tropical American plants of the genus Dorstenia, of the mulberry family, used medicinally (formerly against snake-bites).