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manaca

manaca noun: a plant of the species Brunfelsia uniflora.

Noun

manaca (uncountable)

  1. A plant of the species Brunfelsia uniflora.
    • Not having the manaca with me we agreed to continue the quinine and morphine until next day, when I was to return and place him on that remedy.1892, George S. Davis, The Pharmacology of the Newer Materia Medica

Origin of manaca

Borrowed from Portuguese manacá, borrowed from Old Tupi manaká.

Words formed from manaca

Questions about manaca

What does manaca mean?
Manaca means a plant of the species Brunfelsia uniflora.
What part of speech is manaca?
Manaca is a noun.

Words near manaca in the dictionary

  1. manable
  2. manablins
  3. Manabo
  4. Manabozho
  5. Manabí
  6. manaca
  7. Manaccan
  8. manace
  9. manaced
  10. manacein
  11. manaces

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