Crossword-Solution: GUACO
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Guaco | n. | A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. |
| Guaco | n. | The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| GUACO | anagram | COGUA |
We have 5 clues for the answer “GUACO”
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| American vine | 1 answer |
| Antidote to snake bites. | 1 answer |
| Plant used as an antidote for snakebites | 1 answer |
| vine American | 1 answer |
| Tropical vine | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GUACO (5)
Mikanua guaco, Hibiscus abelmoschus (the seeds of which are very active), Lanpujum rumphii, and Kunthia montana (Cana de la Vibora).) In the hut of the Indian who had been so dangerously bitten by the viper, we found balls two or three inches in diameter, of an earthy and impure salt called chivi, which is prepared with great care by the natives.
Mutis, with the bejuco del guaco (Mikania guaco), which is the most powerful of all antidotes against the bite of serpents, and of which we were fortunate enough to give the first botanical description.
One of the most popular remedies for the bites of snakes is a decoction of the leaves of the Guaco, or snake plant, of South America, a species of willow which flourishes along the banks of the streams in the sultry regions shaded by other trees.
When are you going to start, Poyor?" "When I have bound more guaco leaves on this man's wound," was the answer, and now the boys noticed that he had brought a fresh supply of the wonderful shrub.
The Indians, after having "guaconized" themselves, that is, having taken Guaco, handle the most venomous snakes without injury.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1946–1993).