pente-de-macaco
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “monkey comb”, after the plant’s prickly fruit.
Noun[edit]
pente-de-macaco m (plural pentes-de-macaco)
- monkey comb (Pithecoctenium crucigerum, a climbing shrub of South America)
- the fruit of the monkey comb plant, or one half of its outer shell