caraguata

English

caraguata (plural caraguatas)

Alternative form of caraguatá
- 1895, Kew. Royal Gardens, Official Guide to the Museums of Economic Botany: No. 1-3. ..., page 14:
  On the lower shelf observe leaves and fibre of the Caraguata (Bromelia argentina, Baker), from the Argentine Republic.
- 2007, Ticio Escobar, The Curse of Nemur: In Search of the Art, Myth, and Ritual of the Ishir, →ISBN, page 208:
  The goddess is also the one who introduced the caraguata, the bromeliad whose fibers the Ishir use to craft domestic and ceremonial cloths: [...]