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It means strap, leather strap, whip. It's a word of Quechua origin. In Colombia we also say guasca to the vegetable fiber that originates in the stem sheets of the banana bush. In Colombia, it is also the name of a municipality of the Department of Cundinamarca, near Bogota. In Muisca language means on the foothills or mountainside or near the hills. It is also the name of a plant, whose leaves are added to the popular ajiaco. Its scientific name is Galinsoga parviflora, from the family Asteraseae. It is also called huasca, huásyca or guásica.