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caraguata

caraguata is the alternative form of caraguatá.

Meaning of caraguatá

Noun

caraguatá (plural caraguatás)

  1. Any of several similar South American bromeliad plants, Bromelia serra, Bromelia pinguin or Bromelia balansae (syn. Bromelia argentina), which yield a long, silky fiber used for making cords, sacks, etc.
    • Of the "végétation rabougrie," the cactus and the caraguatá bromelia appeared to be the most general.1870, Sir Richard Francis Burton, Letters from the Battle-fields of Paraguay, page 374

Forms of caraguata

pluralcaraguatas

Questions about caraguata

What is caraguata the alternative form of?
Caraguata is the alternative form of caraguatá.

Words near caraguata in the dictionary

  1. caragana
  2. caraganas
  3. carageen
  4. carageens
  5. caragheen
  6. caraguata
  7. caraguatas
  8. caraguatá
  9. caraguatás
  10. Caraho
  11. caraholic

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