eucalipto
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eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)
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eucalipto m (plural eucalipti)
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From the New Latin genus name Eucalyptus or French eucalyptus, named by French botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle in the 18th century after Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”).
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- Hyphenation: eu‧ca‧lip‧to
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eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)
- eucalyptus (any tree of the genus Eucalyptus)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin Eucalyptus, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + καλυπτός (kaluptós, “covered”).
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eucalipto m (plural eucaliptos)
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- “eucalipto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014