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Definition of Guarana
1. n. A preparation from the seeds of Paullinia sorbilis, a woody climber of Brazil, used in making an astringent drink, and also in the cure of headache.
Definition of Guarana
1. Noun. A tree, scientific name ''Paullinia cupana'', native to Venezuela and northern Brazil. ¹
2. Noun. The fruit from this tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guarana
1. a South American shrub [n -S]
Medical Definition of Guarana
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Guarana
Literary usage of Guarana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1890)
"guarana in Chronic Diarrhoea.—Dr. J. Frazer Boughter publishes a note in the ...
After the administration, however, of guarana powders twice daily the ..."
2. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1912)
"guarana. This product occurs in the form of cylindrical masses about 30 mm.
thick and 10 to 30 cm. long. It is an indefinite mixture of various materials, ..."
3. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1912)
"The physiological action of the extract of kola bitter is attributable to these
resins. guarana. This product occurs in the form of cylindrical masses about ..."
4. A Treatise on Food and Dietetics Physiologically and Therapeutically Considered by Frederick William Pavy (1881)
"The large amount of tannic acid that enters into the composition of guarana gives
it marked astringent properties, whilst, owing to the guara- nine it ..."
5. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1874)
"Having tried the guarana only once, it may appear unscientific to speak so
enthusiastically of it as the remedy; but so intense had always been my suffering ..."
6. Origin and History of All the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and by John Uri Lloyd (1921)
"The resin is used more extensively than is the wood. guarana ... (I7b), Dr.
Gravelle presented to the Paris Society of Medicine a specimen of guarana, ..."
7. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller (1906)
"VII. Vers. d. freien Vereinig. bayr. Chem. Speyer, 1888. guarana. ... guarana.
Epidermis and parenchyma of cotyledon. (MOELLER.) with thick walls. ..."
8. A Medical formulary based on the United States and British pharmacopoeias by Laurence Johnson (1881)
"{6 parts Diluted alcohol sufficient. Moisten the guarana with 6 parts of ...
Take of guarana 1 part. Alcohol sufficient. Moisten, pack, and percolate to 5 ..."
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