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- noun A
poisonous bean, produced by thejequirity plant (Abrus precatorius) and used for makingjewelry andpercussion instruments.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French jéquirity, from Portuguese jequiriti, juqueriti, of Tupí-Guaraní origin; akin to Tupí iukï′ri.]
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