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English
Etymology
From Old French turbit or its source, Medieval Latin turbithum, from Arabic تُرْبِد (turbid).
Noun
turbith (uncountable)
- A type of purgative drug made from the root of a type of morning glory plant (Operculina turpethum); or the plant itself.
- , II.4.1.ii:
- turbith, agarick, mirabolanes, hermodactils from the East Indies, tobacco from the West
French
Noun
turbith m (plural turbiths)
- turbith
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