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chuparosa

chuparosa noun: a flowering desert shrub, Justicia californica, native to southern California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.

chuparosa: a flowering desert shrub, Justicia californica, native to southern California, Arizona, and...
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Noun

chuparosa (plural chuparosas)

  1. A flowering desert shrub, Justicia californica, native to southern California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.

Forms of chuparosa

pluralchuparosas

Origin of chuparosa

From Mexican Spanish chuparrosa (“hummingbird”).

Questions about chuparosa

What does chuparosa mean?
Chuparosa means a flowering desert shrub, Justicia californica, native to southern California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.
What part of speech is chuparosa?
Chuparosa is a noun.
What is the plural of chuparosa?
The plural of chuparosa is chuparosas.

Words near chuparosa in the dictionary

  1. chupacabra
  2. chupacabras
  3. chupah
  4. chupahs
  5. chupalla
  6. chuparosa
  7. chuparosas
  8. chupas
  9. chupati
  10. chupatis
  11. chupatti

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