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chilamate

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Nahuan language. C.f. chile, amate.

Noun edit

chilamate m (plural chilamates)

  1. name for various fig species:
    1. (Costa Rica) snakelike fig (Ficus colubrinae)
      Synonym: matapalo
    2. (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) gouti fig (Ficus insipida)
      Synonyms: amate, amate de hijo grande, amate de montaña, bibosi, chibecha, cocoba, doctor ojé, gomelero, higo, higuero, higuerón, higuerón de río, jonote, ojé, siranda
      • 2018 May 27, “Cascada La Bujona, un encanto de la Reserva Natural Dantali-El Diablo”, in El Nuevo Diario‎[1], archived from the original on 21 July 2022:
        En este recorrido de 800 metros tendrás la oportunidad de avistar orquídeas, bromelias que crecen junto a los inmensos árboles de chilamate, canelo, nogal y roble.
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    3. (Nicaragua) obtuseleaf fig (Ficus obtusifolia)
      Synonyms: amate, arepero, bibosi, capulamate, caucha, caucho, caucho blanco, chilamate, chilamate de las sierras, higuerón, jagüey, mata, matapalo, matapalo higuerote, moro, yomeno
    4. petiolate fig (Fius petiolaris)
      Synonyms: amate amarillo, tescalamate
    5. (Costa Rica) Tonduz fig (Ficus tonduzii)
      Synonyms: higo, higuero, higuerón
    6. (Costa Rica) Wercklé fig (Ficus werckleana)
      Synonyms: higuerón, higuito, sotacaballo

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Grandtner, Mirsolav M. (2005) Elsevier’s Dictionary of Trees, volume 1, Elsevier, →ISBN, pages 358, 360, 361, 362, 363
  • Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[2], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 41

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