turbith

== English == === Alternative forms === turpeth === Etymology === From Old French turbit or its source, Medieval Latin turbithum, from Arabic تُرْبِد (turbid). === Noun === turbith (uncountable) A type of purgative drug made from the root of a type of morning glory plant (Operculina turpethum); or the plant itself. , II.4.1.ii: […] turbith, agarick, mirabolanes, hermodactils from the East Indies, tobacco from the West […] == French == === Noun === turbith m (plural turbiths) turbith === Further reading === “turbith”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012