palo blanco
See also: paloblanco
English edit
Etymology edit
Spanish, literally "white stake" or "white pole".
Noun edit
palo blanco (plural palo blancos)
- A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata) with light-coloured bark.
- A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candidum) whose bark is used in tanning.
References edit
- “palo blanco”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Spanish edit
Noun edit
palo blanco m (plural palos blancos)
- Various plants
Further reading edit
- “palo blanco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014