GUACO
\ɡwˈɑːkə͡ʊ], \ɡwˈɑːkəʊ], \ɡ_w_ˈɑː_k_əʊ]\
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A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites.
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The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
By Oddity Software
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A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites.
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The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
By Noah Webster.
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The name of a plant, Eupatorium Guaco, described by Humboldt and Bonpland under the name Mikania Guaco, Ord. Composite, which grows in the valleys of Madalena, Rio-Cauca, &c., in South America. The negroes use the juice against the bites of poisonous reptiles ;-both in the way of prevention and cure. It has been, of late, brought forward as a remedy in cholera.
By Robley Dunglison
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