cacomite

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kakoˈmite/ [ka.koˈmi.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: ca‧co‧mi‧te

Noun

cacomite m (plural cacomites)

1. tiger flower

Further reading

• “cacomite”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “cacomite”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010