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Definition of: turpeth
(tûr′pith) noun
1. The root of an East Indian plant (genus Ipomoea) allied to the one yielding the common jalap, similar to it in properties: also vegetable turpeth.
2. A lemon–yellow basic mercuric sulfate, HgSO4·2HgO, used in medicine as an emetic: also turpeth mineral. Also called turbeth, turbith. [<OF turbit <Med. L turbithum <Arabic turbid <Persian]
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