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Hypnum (medicine) and loco (iou)


Hypnum (medicine)


hypnum
<botany> The largest genus of true mosses; feather moss.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Moss.

Source: Websters Dictionary


loco (iou)



loco noun3 & adjective. L19.
[Spanish = insane.]
A. noun. Pl. -o(e)s.
Any of several leguminous plants (chiefly species of Astragalus) found in the western and south-western US which cause loco disease (see below). L19.
= loco disease (a) below. L19.
Comb.: loco disease (a) a disease in cattle, horses, etc., affecting the brain, caused by eating loco-weed; (b) Austral. a similar disease affecting stock eating Darling pea, Swainsona galegifolia; loco-weed (a) = sense 1 above; (b) US slang marijuana.
b. adjective. Crazy, insane, off one's head. slang (orig. US). L19.