guacon.
/ˈɡwɑːkəʊ/ 1. The name given in tropical America to Mikania Guaco, Aristolochia anguicida, and other plants used as an antidote to snake-bites. Also, the medicinal substance obtained from the plant.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > non-British medicinal plants > [noun] > names applied to various types
alcornoque1810
guaco1834
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > antidote > [noun] > antidotes to snake-bite > plant or plant-derived
snake-wood1598
snake-weed1631
snake-root1635
contrayerva1648
Virginia snake-root1694
senega1738
mungo root1741
guaco1834
master weed1843
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 301 (note) The guaco, a vegetable matter employed in South America as an antidote for the bite of serpents, has been strongly recommended as a remedy for hydrophobia.
1853 Seeman in Hooker's Jrnl. Bot. 5 76 Remarks on Guaco-plants... The natives informed him that they had..taken Guaco.
2. U.S. The Rocky Mountain bee plant, Cleome serrulata; (also) the pigment made from it and used by the Pueblo Indians for decorating pottery.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > non-British flowers > of south or tropical America
marvel of Peru1597
flower of the night1665
world's wonder1706
butterfly flower1731
mirabilis1754
four o'clock flower1756
bastard mustard1759
Browallia1782
bastard plantain1796
cleome1806
alonsoa1812
gloxinia1816
schizanthus1823
butterfly plant1825
petunia1825
sinningia1826
salpiglossis1827
mask flower1834
poinsettia1836
guaco1844
spiderwort1846
mist flower1848
balisier1858
spider flower1861
sun plant1862
eucharis1866
pretty-by-night1869
Rocky Mountain bee plant1870
urn-flower1891
tulip-poppy1909
smithiantha1917
poor man's orchid1922
ten o'clock1953
tiger-iris-
the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > green colouring matter > [noun] > pigment or dye > other pigments
vert1481
verditer1505
green bice1548
sap1572
sap-green1578
terre-verte1658
verditer1665
ultramarine blue (or colour)1686
emerald1712
Prussian green1738
Saxon green1753
verditel1778
Brunswick green1790
mountain green1822
Vienna green1825
bladder-green1830
Verona green1835
mitis green1839
Paris green1847
Hooker's green1860
Guignet's green1862
emerald green1879
silk green1880
viridian1882
Cassel green1885
Milori green1885
Victoria green1890
Montpellier green1930
cadmium green1934
guaco1936
Monastral1936
1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 278 This kind of crockery..is often fancifully painted with colored earths and the juice of a plant called guaco, which brightens by burning.
1936 Burlington Mag. Nov. 241/2 The use of ‘guaco’ to bind the glaze.
1956 A. O. Shepard Ceramics for Archeologist i. 33 Before firing, the paint, which is called guaco, is a dark olive-green.
Derivatives
ˈguaconize v. (transitive) to treat with guaco.
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1853 Seeman in Hooker's Jrnl. Bot. 5 76 The natives informed him that they had ‘guaconized’ themselves, i.e. taken Guaco.
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