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Definition: Cahinca root
Cahinca root
\Ca*hin"ca root`\ [Written also
cainca root.]
[See
Cahincic.] (Bot.)
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.]