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▪ I. ‖ chica1|ˈtʃiːkə|
[App. the name in a lang. of the Orinoco.]
A red pigment obtained from the Bignonia Chica, a native of Guiana and Colombia, used by some native peoples for painting the skin. (Also called carajuru.)
1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 237 Chica is a red feculent substance obtained by boiling the leaves of Bignonia Chica in water. 1860Mayne Reid Odd People 253. 1852 Th. Ross tr. Humboldt's Trav. I. ix. 308 His skin besmeared with annatto, chica, or some other copper-red colour.
▪ II. chica2
see chicha. |