Definition of "niopo" [ni•o•po]

• A kind of snuff prepared by the natives of Venezuela from the roasted seeds of a leguminous tree, Piptadenia peregrina. (noun)

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• "The real herbaceous tobacco* (for the missionaries have the habit of calling the niopo or curupa tree-tobacco) has been cultivated from time immemorial by all the native people of the Orinoco; and at the period of the conquest the habit of smoking was found to be alike spread over both"
• "The real herbaceous tobacco* (for the missionaries have the habit of calling the niopo or curupa tree-tobacco) has been cultivated from time immemorial by all the native people of the Orinoco; and at the period of the conquest the habit of smoking was found to be alike spread over both North and South America."
• "With a chew of caapi and a pinch of niopo, one feels good!"