chinín
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Nahuatl xinine.
Noun
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
- “chinín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- chucte | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE
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