(n.) A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites.
(n.) The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose.
Example Sentences:
Guano
Definition:
(n.) A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that fresh bat guano serves as a means of pathogenic fungi dissemination in caves.
(2) B. dermatitidis was not found in any of the 34 samples of bat guano investigated by direct culture or mouse-inoculation technique.
(3) Application of bat guano to an area with reduced but detectable colonization by Histoplasma capsulatum had no quantitative effect on the fungus.
(4) I recall his guano-spattered union jack frock coat, designed by Alexander McQueen, on the cover of his 1997 drum'n'bass record Earthling.
(5) Now, llamas are being sold to make room for crops, provoking a soil crisis since the cameloid's guano is the undisputed best fertilizer for maintaining and restoring quinoa fields.
(6) Guano sine 3:5-monophosphate was without effect on the electrically induced release of 3H-DA.
(7) Culture of bat guano from the site two months later revealed H. capsulatum.
(8) The appetite was also shown for guano-derived rock phosphate and bird excreta.
(9) These are highly reactive molecules that attack dirt stuck on the surface, such as annoying patches of guano.
(10) and Nycteriglyphites pennsylvanicus Fain, Lukoschus & Whitaker were the only additional mites collected from E. fuscus; both of these mites have previously been collected from bats or their guano but are recorded here from Alabama for the first time.
(11) Four previously uninfected epidemiologic investigators also became ill with histoplasmosis following collection of soil and bat guano.
(12) Samples of the pigeon guano were digested with 10 per cent KOH, and the characteristic yeast forms of Blastomyces dermatitidis were seen in large numbers.
(13) "We're expanding fast," said one of the founders, Juan Andrés "Guano" Palese.
(14) This outbreak reveals that bats and bat guano are a source of histoplasmosis, suggests that only brief exposure is necessary for acute infection and reemphasizes that histoplasmosis is not confined to the midwestern states.
(15) There are rows of lighting equipment and ventilation systems, shelves crowded with Liquid Karma plant food and bat guano fertiliser – everything a serious dope grower could possibly dream of.
(16) Juan Guano, who runs a small shop selling growbags, heat lamps and books on cannabis cultivation, said he expected his market to expand.
(17) And not all in order to keep a lid on pigeon guano.
(18) C. parapsilosis was also isolated from pigeon guano obtained from window-sills.
(19) "There was insufficient radioactivity in the guano to require personal protection beyond that required for hygiene purposes," he said.
(20) None of the species has been reared from mass accumulation of bat guano, and none of the species shows special adaptation for life in caves.