pituri

pituri
/pich"euh ree/, n.
1. a solanaceous shrub or small tree, Duboisia hopwoodi, of Australia.
2. a stimulant made from the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used by the aborigines as a narcotic.
[1860-65; < Wiradjuri pi-ju-ri]

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