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canchalagua

canchalagua noun: centaurium cachanlahuen, the original canchalagua.

Noun

canchalagua (usually uncountable, plural canchalaguas)

  1. (usually) Centaurium cachanlahuen, the original canchalagua
  2. (usually) Centaurium chironioides, a Mexican species
  3. (usually) Zeltnera venusta, a California species in the gentian family
  4. (usually) Schkuhria pinnata, a plant in the sunflower family native to South America and used medicinally

Forms of canchalagua

pluralcanchalaguas

Origin of canchalagua

From Spanish canchalagua, from Mapudungun cachanlagua.

Questions about canchalagua

What does canchalagua mean?
Canchalagua means centaurium cachanlahuen, the original canchalagua.
What part of speech is canchalagua?
Canchalagua is a noun.
What is the plural of canchalagua?
The plural of canchalagua is canchalaguas.

Words near canchalagua in the dictionary

  1. cancervatives
  2. cancerweed
  3. cancerwort
  4. canch
  5. cancha
  6. canchalagua
  7. canchalaguas
  8. canchas
  9. canche
  10. canches
  11. Canchola

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