yellow pareira

noun

variants or less commonly yellow pareira brava
: a pareira that is the root of a tropical American woody vine (Abuta amara), is bright yellow in color and extremely bitter in flavor, and contains some of the same alkaloids as the true pareira compare white pareira

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“Yellow pareira.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20pareira. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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