mandacaru
mandacaru noun: a cactus, Cereus jamacaru, native to central and eastern Brazil.
Noun
mandacaru (plural mandacarus)
- A cactus, Cereus jamacaru, native to central and eastern Brazil.
- The thought of vengeance helped him survive the weeks he spent wandering aimlessly about a desert wasteland bristling with mandacarus.1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 70
- But the rest of her body shivered, mandacaru cactus thorns penetrated the flesh that had been half-eaten away by the disease.2006, Graciliano Ramos, “Whale”, in K. David Jackson, editor, The Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story, page 214
Forms of mandacaru
| plural | mandacarus |
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Origin of mandacaru
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese mandacaru, borrowed from Old Tupi nhamandakaru.
Questions about mandacaru
- What does mandacaru mean?
- Mandacaru means a cactus, Cereus jamacaru, native to central and eastern Brazil.
- What part of speech is mandacaru?
- Mandacaru is a noun.
- What is the plural of mandacaru?
- The plural of mandacaru is mandacarus.
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