bijao

English

Etymology

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Noun

bijao (countable and uncountable, plural bijaos)

1. Cuban cigar plant (Calathea lutea).
2. macawflower (Heliconia bihai).
3. rat plantain, wild ginger (Renealmia aromatica, syn. Renealmia occidentalis).

References

• “bijao”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Baoji, jiboa

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈxao/ [biˈxa.o]
• Rhymes: -ao
• Syllabification: bi‧ja‧o

Noun

bijao m (plural bijaos)

1. Cuban cigar plant (Calathea lutea)

Further reading

• “bijao”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10