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maqui

maqui noun: a South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion of Chile and southern Argentina. Also the misspelling of maquis.

maqui: a South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest...
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Noun

maqui

  1. A South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion of Chile and southern Argentina.
    • But based on independent laboratory tests, maqui berry is not nearly as strong an antioxidant as açai.2011, Alexander G. Schauss, Açaí: An Extraordinary Antioxidant-Rich Palm Fruit from the Amazon, 3rd edition, page 136
    • Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis), also known as Chilean blackberry, is an edible berry that grows wild in central and southern Chile. A standardized anthocyanin rich formulation from Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis) administered at a dose of 500 mg/kg decreased fasting blood glucose and...2013, Diana E. Roopchand, Leonel E. Rojo, David Ribnicky, Ilya Raskin, “7: Anthocyanins and Metabolic Syndrome”, in Taylor C. Wallace, M. Monica Giusti, editors, Anthocyanins in Health and Disease...
    Synonyms:
    Chilean blackberry, Chilean wineberry
  2. The edible berry of this shrub.

Also used as

maqui is also the misspelling of maquis.

Examples of maqui in a sentence

  • Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis), also known as Chilean blackberry, is an edible berry that grows wild in central and southern Chile.2013, Diana E. Roopchand, Leonel E. Rojo, David Ribnicky, Ilya Raskin, “7: Anthocyanins and Metabolic Syndrome”, in Taylor C. Wallace, M....
  • Maqui is another strong antioxidant, this time coming from southern Chile.2016, Doreen Virtue, Robert Reeves, Nutrition for Intuition, unnumbered page:

Synonyms of maqui

  • Chilean blackberry
  • Chilean wineberry

Origin of maqui

Borrowed from Chilean Spanish maqui, from Mapudungun.

Questions about maqui

What does maqui mean?
Maqui means a South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion of Chile and southern Argentina.
How do you use maqui in a sentence?
Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis), also known as Chilean blackberry, is an edible berry that grows wild in central and southern Chile.
What part of speech is maqui?
Maqui is a noun.

Words near maqui in the dictionary

  1. Maquedas
  2. maquette
  3. maquetted
  4. maquettes
  5. maquetting
  6. maqui
  7. maquia
  8. Maquiapo
  9. maquila
  10. maquiladora
  11. maquiladoras

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