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cacahuananche

cacahuananche noun: a tree of the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil, Licania arborea, whose nuts produce an oil used for soap, candles, etc.

Noun

cacahuananche (uncountable)

  1. A tree of the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil, Licania arborea, whose nuts produce an oil used for soap, candles, etc.
  2. A tree originally from Mexico to Colombia, Gliricidia sepium, grown in the tropics worldwide to shade crops such as cacao and coffee, as well as for intercropping due to its nitrogen-fixing roots.
    Synonyms:
    madre de cacao

Synonyms of cacahuananche

  • madre de cacao

Origin of cacahuananche

From Spanish, from Nahuatl cacahuanantzin.

Questions about cacahuananche

What does cacahuananche mean?
Cacahuananche means a tree of the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil, Licania arborea, whose nuts produce an oil used for soap, candles, etc.
What part of speech is cacahuananche?
Cacahuananche is a noun.

Words near cacahuananche in the dictionary

  1. cacafogo
  2. cacafogos
  3. cacafuego
  4. cacafuegos
  5. Cacahuamilpa
  6. cacahuananche
  7. Cacahuatepec
  8. cacaine
  9. cacajão
  10. Cacana
  11. cacao

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