See Also: methysticum(medicine)

cither (iou) and methysticum (medicine)


cither (iou)



cither noun. Now rare. E17.
[formed as CITHARA.]
A cithara; a cittern.

methysticum (medicine)


methysticum


The root of Piper methysticum (family Piperaceae), a plant of the Pacific islands, used by the natives as an intoxicant. It has been used in diarrhoea and in inflammatory affection of the urogenital tract.

Synonym: kava.