fingrigo

English

Pisonia aculeata

Etymology

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Noun

fingrigo (uncountable)

1. (Jamaica) A prickly climbing shrub of the species Pisonia aculeata (pullback) or other species of Pisonia.

Synonyms

• cockspur

References

• Pisonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pisonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pisonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “fingrigo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest, by Thomas Nuttall, 1841-1849