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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

guaco ‎(countable and uncountable, plural guacos)

Any of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers.