cacalosúchil

Spanish

Alternative forms

cacalojoche (Costa Rica)
cacalichuche (Honduras)
cacalosóchil, cacalotzúchil, cacaloxóchitl, cacaloxúchil, cacalozóchitl, cacalozúchil, jacalosúchil (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl cācālōxōchitl, equivalent to cācālōtl (“crow”) +‎ xōchitl (“flower”).

Noun

cacalosúchil m (plural cacalosúchiles)

(Mexico) frangipani (Plumeria spp.)
Synonyms: flor de corpus, flor de mayo, flor de templo, súchil, suchilete

References

Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 24

Further reading

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

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