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cahinca root
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cahinca root, [See Cahincic.].
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.]
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