carqueja

Spanish

Noun

carqueja f (plural carquejas)

1. any of a number of plants:
   1. any of the genus Baccharis of broom-like plants, native to South America, in particular of species:
      1. Baccharis articulata
      2. Baccharis genistelloides (syn. Baccharis trimera)
   2. Genista tridentata, native to the Iberian peninsula
   3. Ulex europaeus (gorse), native to Europe

Further reading

• “carqueja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28