[?d?ab?'randi]
¦ noun
1. a drug made from the dried leaves of certain South American plants, which contain the alkaloid pilocarpine and promote salivation when chewed.
2. a plant that yields this drug. [Pilocarpus jaborandi and other species.]
Origin
C17: from Tupi-Guarani jaburandi, lit. 'a person who spits'.