jacatirão

Portuguese

Pleroma trichopodum

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi ya ka'ti ro. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒa.ka.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [ʒa.ka.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɐ.kɐ.tiˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Noun

jacatirão m (plural jacatirões)

1. (Brazil) A tree of the Atlantic Forest:
   1. Pleroma mutabile

      Synonym: manacá-da-serra

   2. Pleroma trichopodum

Further reading

• “jacatirão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “jacatirão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• jacatirão on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• Tibouchina mutabilis on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt