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macambira

macambira noun: a thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.

Noun

macambira (plural macambiras)

  1. A thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.
    • The circus people proceeded, amid macambiras and across stony ground, taking turns pulling the wagon.1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 267
    • Pineapple-like plants known as macambiras, with worrisome thorny red blades, spring up in the hundreds out of the ground.2006, Ehsan Masood, Daniel Schaffer, Dry: Life Without Water, page 114

Forms of macambira

pluralmacambiras

Origin of macambira

From Portuguese macambira.

Questions about macambira

What does macambira mean?
Macambira means a thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.
What part of speech is macambira?
Macambira is a noun.
What is the plural of macambira?
The plural of macambira is macambiras.

Words near macambira in the dictionary

  1. MacAlpine
  2. macaluba
  3. Macaluso
  4. Macalusos
  5. macam
  6. macambira
  7. macambiras
  8. macana
  9. macanas
  10. Macanese
  11. macao

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