vijao

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vijao

  1. A tree of the banana family.
    • 1819, Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, Spanish America, page 204:
      Besides the chair and rider, they carry a roll of leaves of the vijao, a species of banana-tree, which they gather near Ibague, in order to form the huts that it is necessary to construct at night, or, if overtaken by heavy rains; []