cohoba
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cohoba
From Latin American Spanish (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico), of Arawakan origin; compare Taino cohoba “cohoba, tobacco”
Example Sentences
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A Taino leader would have perceived the presence of a zemi in the tree that was carved into this show’s most exquisite object: a ritual vessel in the form of a crouching, grimacing deity, standing a little over two feet tall and meant to hold a hallucinogenic powder known as cohoba.
From New York Times
In South America, long before Columbus, witch doctors took cohoba snuff to converse with gods and the dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tabaco, the pipe used in smoking the cohoba.
From Project Gutenberg
Cohóba, the native name of tobacco.
From Project Gutenberg
He gave it the name of Cohoba Cohobba, Gioia.
From Project Gutenberg
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