aperient

APE'RIENT, a. [L. aperiens, aperio.]

Opening; that has the quality of opening; deobstruent; laxative.

APE'RIENT, n. a medicine which promoties the circulation of the fluids, by removing obstructions; a laxative; a deobstruent; as, smallage, fennel, asparagus, parsley, and butcher's broom.