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balché

balché noun: an intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it.

Noun

balché (uncountable)

  1. An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it.

Forms of balché

alternative formbalche

Origin of balché

Borrowed from Spanish balché, from Yucatec Maya balcheʼ.

Questions about balché

What does balché mean?
Balché means an intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it.
What part of speech is balché?
Balché is a noun.

Words near balché in the dictionary

  1. Balcerzak
  2. Balcerzaks
  3. balche
  4. Balchik
  5. Balchin
  6. balché
  7. Balclutha
  8. Balcolyn
  9. Balcom
  10. Balcombe
  11. Balcombes

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