damiana
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Etymology
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Noun
[edit]damiana (uncountable)
- Turnera diffusa, an American passifloraceous shrub used in making a traditional Mexican liqueur, and as an aphrodisiac.
- A preparation made from this plant.
- 1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 178:
- But most likely my judgement was distorted by my contempt for his acting the young buck [...] for ever waxing his moustaches and loading himself with medicaments supposed to replace the failing sap of youth, glycerophosphates, formates, nux vomica, yohimba, damiana.
- 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:
- In 1878, the firm's fluid extract of guaraná sold for $10 per pound, while […] damiana (for the treatment of male sexual dysfunction) fetched $4.00; […] .
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