Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant, Piper angustifolium (Artanthe elongata), natural order Piperaceæ.
- noun Same as
mataco .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A Peruvian plant (
Piperelongatum orArtanthe elongatum ), allied to the pepper, the leaves of which are used as a styptic and astringent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
Peruvian plant (Piper, Artanthe, elongatum) allied to thepepper , and whoseleaves are used as astyptic andastringent .
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Examples
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In any event, the distinction between the so - called two methods of scientific research (the mathe - matico-deductive and the experimental-inductive) was felt to be as real in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
BACONIANISM PAOLO ROSSI 1968
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Indica_, the leaves and flowers of the matico have been long employed by the sensual Indians of the interior of Peru to prepare a drink which they administer to produce a state of aphrodisia.
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Styptics proper, such as powdered ice, evaporating lotions of water and alcoholic, camphor in powder or between two damp cloths, matico, ergotine, &c.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
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If these plans fail, try the effects either of powdered alum or of powdered matico, used after the fashion of snuff -- a pinch or two either of the one or of the other, or of both, should be sniffed up the bleeding nostril.
Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children Pye Henry Chavasse 1844
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Intirminatui idem eft ac minando vctitus, uno verbo prohibitus, nemine Gram - matico rcclamante.
Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Horace, Ludovicus Desprez, André Dacier 1793
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Thcfaurus Grwn - tinae. b DHcours fur la Science dcs Etymologies. matico-Cricicus & Archeologicus; cui pra; iniQa, de Nid.
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A good article on the pharmaceutical and chemical character of matico, by Dr. J.F. Hodges, appeared in the "Proceedings of the Chemical
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