carqueja

Spanish

Noun

carqueja f (plural carquejas)

1. any of a number of plants:
   1. any of the genus Baccharis of broom-like plants, native to South America, in particular of species:
      1. Baccharis articulata
      2. Baccharis genistelloides (syn. Baccharis trimera)
   2. Genista tridentata, native to the Iberian peninsula
   3. Ulex europaeus (gorse), native to Europe

Further reading

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