guaxima

Meaning

Noun

Urena lobata (species), a Brazilian plant, or the useful fiber it yields.

Related

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aranina, aramina

Origin

Said by Century to be from a Tupi word guazima, guajima. (Compare guanxuma, guanxima, sometimes encountered as names of a malva.)

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