Matto Grosso
Americannoun
noun
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He is now unofficially visiting the Matto Grosso expedition in order to complete a forthcoming biography of Tiger-Man Siemel.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was driven into exile, struggling across the wilderness of the Matto Grosso to the Bolivian frontier.
From Time Magazine Archive
P. H. Fawcett, who disappeared in the Matto Grosso four years ago, has become almost a profession in itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Much of the richest land in the great interior State of Matto Grosso is inhabited by aboriginal isolationists.
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It is largely consumed in Bolivia and Matto Grosso, where it is used in the preparation of a beverage which has excellent medicinal properties.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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