boldo

English

A boldo bush

Etymology

From Mapudungun foḻo.

Noun

boldo (countable and uncountable, plural boldos)

Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree.
The leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine for hepatic troubles and genitourinary inflammation.

Translations

tree

Portuguese: boldo m
Spanish: boldo (es)

herbal leaf

Mapudungun: foḻo
Spanish: boldo (es)

Anagrams

Blood, blood

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈboldo/ [ˈbol̪.d̪o]
Rhymes: -oldo
Syllabification: bol‧do

Noun

boldo m (plural boldos)

boldo

Further reading

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

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