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Guaco - 2 dictionary results

gua⋅co

[gwah-koh]
–noun, plural -cos.
1. a climbing composite plant, Mikania guaco, of tropical America.
2. its leaves, or a substance obtained from them, sometimes used locally as an antidote for snakebites.

Origin:
1815–25; < AmerSp

Guaco

Gua"co\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) (a) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. --Lindley. (b) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
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