condurango

English

Alternative forms

• cundurango

Noun

condurango (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The bark of a South American vine, Marsdenia cundurango, of the milkweed family, once erroneously believed to cure cancer.
2. The plant itself, Marsdenia cundurango.

Derived terms

• condurangin

 

Further reading

• condurango on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “condurango”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology

From English condurango.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon.duˈran.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -anɡo
• Hyphenation: con‧du‧ràn‧go

Noun

condurango m (uncountable)

1. (medicine) condurango