bijao

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish

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