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.]