Chica (dye)

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.

References

• "chica". Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Dictionary.com. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Chica". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
•  "Chica (So. Amer.). A dye-stuff". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.