"caapeba" meaning in English

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          "text": "The pounded root of cissampelos, the caapeba of Plumier, applied externally, is said to be an antidote against the bites of venomous serpents. The plant being infused in water, quickly fills the liquor with a mucilaginous substance, which is as […]",
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          "text": "Pothomorpha peltata, the Caapeba of Brazil, is considered as a most effectual diuretic, and has been highly recommended in strangury. (Flor. Med. Antill., iv. 14.) P. umbellata, which is also known in Brazil under the name of Caapeba, is there […]",
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          "text": "The roots of this species are bitter, and have diuretic and aperient properties— The caapeba species, Cissampelos caapeba, was introduced from South America about the same time as the preceding, and somewhat closely resembles it, but is […]",
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          "text": "Does the root of the caapeba plant (called by the Portuguese Our Lord's Herb), cut into strips, steeped for a few days in a suitable liquid in the open and drunk, so expel the matter forming stones that the chief of the Portuguese prefer no remedy to this?",
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