Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lauraceous tree of Florida and the West Indies, Damburneya Catesbyana. It is called
lancewood in Florida and timber-sweetwood in Jamaica.
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Examples
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The exceptions are a group of tropical reef fish—barracuda, groupers, jacks, king mackerel, mahimahi, mullets, porgies, snappers, wahoo—that prey on an algae-eating snail cigua and can cause ciguatera poisoning.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The exceptions are a group of tropical reef fish—barracuda, groupers, jacks, king mackerel, mahimahi, mullets, porgies, snappers, wahoo—that prey on an algae-eating snail cigua and can cause ciguatera poisoning.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The word ciguatera stems from cigua, the Spanish name for a commonly eaten Caribbean mollusk that has been linked to the illness.
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