The New International Encyclopædia/Chica (dye-stuff)

CHICA, chē′kȧ (So. Amer.). A dye-stuff, which gives an orange-red color to cotton. It is obtained by boiling the leaves of a species of Bignonia (Bignonia Chica, Humb.), a native of the banks of the Cassiquiare and the Orinoco. The Indians use it for painting their bodies.