bejuco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bejuco.

Noun

bejuco (plural bejucos)

1. Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liana; in the Philippines, especially any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈxuko/ [beˈxu.ko]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: be‧ju‧co

Noun

bejuco m (plural bejucos)

1. liana (any climbing tropical vine)

   Synonym: liana

Derived terms

• bejuco de indio
• bejuco de verraco
• bejuco leñatero
• embejucar

 

Further reading

• “bejuco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014