English Explanatory Dictionary

caraguatá

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several similar South American bromeliad plants, Bromelia serra, Bromelia pinguin or Bromelia balansae (syn. Bromelia argentina), which yield a long, silky fiber used for making cords, sacks, etc.

Word forms

caraguatá caraguatás caraguata

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese caraguatá, from Old Tupi karagûatá.

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