Chica (dye)
Appearance
Chica is an orange-red dye obtained from boiling the leaves of the Arrabidaea chica (=Bignonia chica) plant. It is used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.
Bibliography
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Retrieved June 19, 2009, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chica
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne. {{cite encyclopedia}}
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