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Turpeth
(n.)
The root of Ipom/a Turpethum, a plant of Ceylon, Malabar,
and Australia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative; -- sometimes
called vegetable turpeth.
Turpeth
(n.)
A heavy yellow powder, Hg3O2SO4, which consists of a basic
mercuric sulphate; -- called also turpeth mineral.