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maqui

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English

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A maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) bush in the VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver

Noun

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maqui

  1. A South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion of Chile and southern Argentina.
    • 2011, Alexander G. Schauss, Açaí: An Extraordinary Antioxidant-Rich Palm Fruit from the Amazon, 3rd edition, page 136:
      But based on independent laboratory tests, maqui berry is not nearly as strong an antioxidant as açai.
    • 2013, Diana E. Roopchand, Leonel E. Rojo, David Ribnicky, Ilya Raskin, “7: Anthocyanins and Metabolic Syndrome”, in Taylor C. Wallace, M. Monica Giusti, editors, Anthocyanins in Health and Disease, page 208:
      Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis), also known as Chilean blackberry, is an edible berry that grows wild in central and southern Chile. A standardized anthocyanin rich formulation from Maqui berry (Aristotelia chilensis) administered at a dose of 500 mg/kg decreased fasting blood glucose and improved glucose tolerance in hyperglycemic C57/Bl6J mice fed a HF diet (Rojo et al. 2012).
    • 2016, Doreen Virtue, Robert Reeves, Nutrition for Intuition, unnumbered page:
      Maqui is another strong antioxidant, this time coming from southern Chile.
  2. The edible berry of this shrub.
  3. Misspelling of maquis (Mediterranean coastal scrub).

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French maki, from Malagasy maky (ring-tailed lemur).

Noun

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maqui m (plural maquis)

  1. lemur
    Synonym: lèmur

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish maqui.

Noun

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maqui m (plural maquis)

  1. maqui (Aristotelia chilensis)

Etymology 3

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Verb

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maqui

  1. inflection of macar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧qui

Noun

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maqui m or f by sense (plural maquis)

  1. Alternative form of maquis

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaki/ [ˈma.ki]
  • Rhymes: -aki
  • Syllabification: ma‧qui

Noun

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maqui m (plural maquis)

  1. maqui, Chilean wineberry (Aristotelia chilensis).

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