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vijao

vijao noun: a tree of the banana family.

Noun

vijao

  1. A tree of the banana family.
    • Besides the chair and rider, they carry a roll of leaves of the vijao, a species of banana-tree, which they gather near Ibague, in order to form the huts that it is necessary to construct at night, or, if overtaken by heavy rains; […]1819, Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, Spanish America, page 204

Origin of vijao

Related to bijao (“rat plantain”)?

Questions about vijao

What does vijao mean?
Vijao means a tree of the banana family.
What part of speech is vijao?
Vijao is a noun.

Words near vijao in the dictionary

  1. VIIIth
  2. viitaniemiite
  3. VIIth
  4. Viișoara
  5. vijaloside
  6. vijao
  7. Vijay
  8. Vijaya
  9. Vijayadashami
  10. Vijayanagar
  11. Vijayanagara

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