'Cahinca root' definitions:

Definition of 'Cahinca root'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.]