cacahuananche

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tree of the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil, Licania arborea, whose nuts produce an oil used for soap, candles, etc.
  2. A tree originally from Mexico to Colombia, Gliricidia sepium, grown in the tropics worldwide to shade crops such as cacao and coffee, as well as for intercropping due to its nitrogen-fixing roots.

Word forms

cacahuananche

Etymology

From Spanish, from Nahuatl cacahuanantzin.

Synonyms

madre de cacao
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