‖ brayera
(brɑːˈjɛərə)
[Named after Brayer, a foreign physician.]
A genus of Rosaceous trees, the only known species of which (B. anthelmintica) is a native of Abyssinia. b. A medicinal preparation of the flowers and tops of this tree, called also Cusso, valued as an anthelmintic. Hence also ˈbrayerin, a bitter acrid resin found in Cusso.
| 1875 H. Wood Therap. (1879) 601 Brayera is a most efficient remedy against the tapeworm. |