PIPTADENIA

(Lat.), n. f. Pipt-a2d(asd)-en(an)'i-a3. From iriitTuv, to fall, and oSrjv, a gland. A genus of leguminous trees, of the Adenanthereoe. [B, 42 (a. 35).] P. peregrin a. The niopotree of South America. From the roasted seeds powdered and mixed with lime the Indians prepare a snuff, called niopo in Venezuela and parica in Brazil, which produces an intoxication approaching frenzy. [B, 19, 275 (a, 35).] P. rigid a. Angico gum plant, a South American acacia-like tree yielding a gum similar to gum arabic. [B, 314 (a, 35).] [s. 277]