English Explanatory Dictionary

maqui

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion of Chile and southern Argentina.
  2. The edible berry of this shrub.
  3. Misspelling of maquis (“Mediterranean coastal scrub”).

Word forms

maqui

Etymology

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish maqui, from Mapudungun.

Synonyms

Chilean blackberry Chilean wineberry
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