English dictionary
turpeth
/'t/[@]/rp/I//T/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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The root of <i>Ipomœa Turpethum</i>, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar, and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes called <i>vegetable turpeth</i>.
Source: webster1913