cahinca root

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cahinca root - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cahinca root \Ca*hin"ca root`\ [Written also cainca root.]
     [See Cahincic.] (Bot.)
     The root of an American shrub (Chiococca racemosa), found
     as far north as Florida Keys, from which cahincic acid is
     obtained; also, the root of the South American Chiococca anguifuga
     , a celebrated antidote for snake poison.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]