different between aphrodisiac vs yohimbine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????????? (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from ?????????? (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æf.?o?.?di.zi.æk/, /æf.?o?.?d?.zi.æk/
• Hyphenation: aph?ro?di?si?ac

Adjective

aphrodisiac (not comparable)

1. Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.

Antonyms

• antaphrodisiac

Translations

Noun

aphrodisiac (plural aphrodisiacs)

1. Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:anaphrodisiac

   • c. 1970, Henry Kissinger, quoted in The New York Times (28 October 1973)

     Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Butea superba

Further reading

• aphrodisiac on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• aphrodisiac in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aphrodisiac in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From yohimbe +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /j???h?m.bi?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /jo??h?m?bi?n/

Noun

yohimbine (countable and uncountable, plural yohimbines)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A toxic crystalline compound obtained from the bark of the yohimbe tree, used as an adrenergic blocking agent and also as an aphrodisiac in the treatment of impotence.

Related terms

• yohimbic acid

References

• “yohimbine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

French

Noun

yohimbine f (plural [please provide])

1. yohimbine