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mandacarus

mandacarus is the plural of mandacaru.

Meaning of mandacaru

Noun

mandacaru (plural mandacarus)

  1. 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

Questions about mandacarus

What is mandacarus the plural of?
Mandacarus is the plural of mandacaru.

Words near mandacarus in the dictionary

  1. Manda
  2. Mandab
  3. Mandab Strait
  4. Mandacanan
  5. mandacaru
  6. mandacarus
  7. mandadore
  8. mandadores
  9. Mandaean
  10. Mandaeanism
  11. Mandaeans

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