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- noun A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree (
Piptadenia peregrina ), thence calledniopo tree .
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- noun A kind of
snuff prepared by thenatives ofVenezuela from theroasted seeds of aleguminous tree , Piptadenia peregrina.
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Examples
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The real herbaceous tobacco* (for the missionaries have the habit of calling the niopo or curupa tree-tobacco) has been cultivated from time immemorial by all the native people of the Orinoco; and at the period of the conquest the habit of smoking was found to be alike spread over both
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The real herbaceous tobacco* (for the missionaries have the habit of calling the niopo or curupa tree-tobacco) has been cultivated from time immemorial by all the native people of the Orinoco; and at the period of the conquest the habit of smoking was found to be alike spread over both North and South America.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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With a chew of caapi and a pinch of niopo, one feels good!
One River Wade Davis 1996
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With a chew of caapi and a pinch of niopo, one feels good!
One River Wade Davis 1996
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From the seeds of _A. niopo_ the Guahibo Indians prepare a snuff, by roasting the seeds and pounding them in a wooden platter.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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When the Ottomacs of Uruana, by the use of niopo (their arborescent tobacco), and of fermented liquors, have thrown themselves into a state of intoxication, which lasts several days, they kill one another without ostensibly fighting.
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A custom analogous to the use of the niopo just described was observed by La Condamine among the natives of the Upper Maranon.
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They are not only fond to excess of the fermented liquors prepared from cassava and maize, and of palm-wine, but they throw themselves into a peculiar state of intoxication, we might say of madness, by the use of the powder of niopo.
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The seed that yields this powder is no doubt also a mimosacea; for the Ottomacs, according to Father Gili, designate even now, at the distance of one hundred and sixty leagues from the Amazon, the Acacia niopo by the name of curupa.
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The niopo is so stimulating that the smallest portions of it produce violent sneezing in those who are not accustomed to its use.
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