n :  a dried medicinal herb from a pasqueflower (esp. Anemone pulsatilla) formerly used to treat amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea and still used in India to induce abortion .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Plac·i·dyl  pul·sa·tile 
 
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