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Definition of Guaranas
1. guarana [n] - See also: guarana
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guaranas
Literary usage of Guaranas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Narrative and Critical History of America by Justin Winsor (1889)
"... Bourbourg.8 In 1859 Retzius announced that he found a close resemblance between
the skulls of the Guanches of the Canaries and the guaranas of Brazil, ..."
2. Santo Domingo, Past and Present: With a Glance at Hayti by Samuel Hazard (1873)
"... the summit of which marks the national boundaries as far as the falls of the
river called the guaranas, which joins the White River (Riviere Blanche) at ..."
3. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"The Mauritia grew abundantly near the mouth of the Orinoco ; and among its branches
the guaranas dwelt like monkeys, high above the reach of the great ..."
4. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1905)
"Elix. guaranas . . . . • . . . f.lij. M. Sig.—Two teaspoonfuls in water every
two or three hours. He has also found the hamamelis ointment serviceable in ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"The inhabitants are Creoles, who compose about seven tenths of the population;
natives (guaranas\ one tenth ; the blacks and mixed breeds, ..."
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