CONTRAYERVA, noun [Latin, an antidote for poison, or in general, an antidote.] The genus of plants, Dorstenia; all low herbaceous plants, natives of the warm climates of America, and useful as diaphoretics.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.