English Explanatory Dictionary

canchalagua

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several plants of the Americas similar to centaury, and formerly used like it for medicinal purposes, among them:
  2. Centaurium cachanlahuen, the original canchalagua
  3. Centaurium chironioides, a Mexican species
  4. Zeltnera venusta, a California species in the gentian family
  5. Schkuhria pinnata, a plant in the sunflower family native to South America and used medicinally

Word forms

canchalagua canchalaguas

Etymology

From Spanish canchalagua, from Mapudungun cachanlagua.

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