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babaco

babaco noun: a fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii.

Noun

babaco (plural babacos)

  1. A fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii
  2. The fruit of this tree

Forms of babaco

pluralbabacos

Origin of babaco

From Spanish babaco, from Old Tupi wawa'su.

Questions about babaco

What does babaco mean?
Babaco means a fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii.
What part of speech is babaco?
Babaco is a noun.
What is the plural of babaco?
The plural of babaco is babacos.

Words near babaco in the dictionary

  1. Baba Yaga
  2. Baba-Iaga
  3. bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk
  4. bababooey
  5. bababudanite
  6. babaco
  7. babacoote
  8. babacootes
  9. babacos
  10. babacu
  11. babacus

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