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pic·ro·rhi·za | \ ˌpik-rə-ˈrī-zə 
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\Medical Definition of picrorhiza
: the dried rhizome of a Himalayan herb (Picrorhiza kurrooa) of the snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae) that is used in India as a bitter tonic and antiperiodic
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