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▪ I. ‖ matico|maˈtiko| Also mateco, matica. [Sp. yerba Matico (yerba herb; Matico dim. of Mateo Matthew); alleged to be named from a Spanish soldier who discovered its styptic properties.] A Peruvian shrub, Piper angustifolium (Artanthe elongata). b. The leaves of this plant used as a styptic.
1838Jeffreys in Lancet 5 Jan. (1839) 567 The name of the plant from which the leaves are collected, is Matèco. 1842Provincial Med. & Surg. Jrnl. June 209 The South American styptic ‘maticò’. 1849J. H. Balfour Man. Bot. §1034 The substance called Matico or Matica. 1880Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 415 Bleeding from leech-bites may be stopped..by matico. c. attrib., as matico leaf, matico oil, matico plant.
1880Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 351 Maticæ Folia. *Matico Leaves.
1885Cassell's Encycl. Dict., *Matico-oil.
1871Watts tr. Gmelin's Handbk. Chem. XVIII. 234 The leaves of the *matico plant. ▪ II. matico see mataco. |