chinín

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Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

chinene, chinini, xinene

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Nahuatl xinine.

Noun[edit]

chinín m (plural chinines)

(Honduras, Mexico) Persea schiedeana (the tree or its fruit)
Synonyms: chucte, pahua, coyo, yas, aguacamico, aguacate de mico, aguacate de monte

Further reading[edit]

“chinín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
chucte | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE

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