LOCO
\lˈə͡ʊkə͡ʊ], \lˈəʊkəʊ], \l_ˈəʊ_k_əʊ]\
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A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.
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Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides Astragalus, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as Spiesia Lambertii, syn. Oxytropis Lambertii.
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To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad.
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A locomotive.
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A plant (Astragalus Hornii) growing in the Southwestern United States, which is said to poison horses and cattle, first making them insane. The name is also given vaguely to several other species of the same genus. Called also loco weed.
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Any one of various leguminous plants or weeds besides Astragalus, whose herbage is poisonous to cattle, as Spiesia Lambertii, syn. Oxytropis Lambertii.
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To poison with loco; to affect with the loco disease; hence (Colloq.), to render insane or mad.
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A locomotive.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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