Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In countries settled by the Spanish, a name of several stinging or prickly plants; in Porto Rico, especially, Schychowskya æstuans (Fleurya æstuans, of Gaudichaud), a common weed of the nettle family, and Stizolobium pruriens, belonging to the Fabaceæ, the pods of which are covered with minute stinging hairs.
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Examples
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When these small hairs, well characterised by the name of picapica, stick to the body, they excite a violent irritation on the skin; the dart is felt, but the cause is unperceived.
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Others carried bags filled with hairs of picapica; * and blew the hair, which causes a great irritation of the skin, into the faces of those who passed by.
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Others carried bags filled with hairs of picapica; * (* Dolichos pruriens (cowage).) and blew the hair, which causes a great irritation of the skin, into the faces of those who passed by.
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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When these small hairs, well characterised by the name of picapica, stick to the body, they excite a violent irritation on the skin; the dart is felt, but the cause is unperceived.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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