Definition of "guaco" [gua•co]

• Any of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers. (noun)

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• "It is true there are other birds that kill and eat serpents, -- as the "guaco" bird of South America, and many hawks and kites, -- but the secretary is the only winged creature that makes reptiles of this class exclusively its prey, and carries on a constant war against them."
• ""He has only bound on leaves from a shrub called guaco; but you needn't try to remember the name, for they are efficacious only while green."
• "Regular menu items include the "guaco taco" (chunky guacamole sweet with raw corn and diced onion), as well as tacos with "chipotle'd" chicken and brisket braised in Sinaloan chilorio sauce ($3.50-$4)."