pequi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pequi, from Old Tupi peke'i.
Noun
[edit]pequi (plural pequis)
- Any of various trees of the genus Caryocar, a souari.
- 1836, George Don, A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants[1], volume 1, page 654:
- C. Brasiliénse […] Native of Brazil in the provinces of St. Paul and Minas Geraes, where it is called by inhabitants Pequi. A small tree with a twisted stem.
- 2017, Manuela Carneiro da Cunha, “Traditional people, collectors of diversity”, in Marc Brightman, Jerome Lewis, editors, The Anthropology of Sustainability[2], page 266:
- The Kuikuru of the upper Xingu plants 15 morphotypes of pequi (Caryocar sp.) and recognizes two others: one being the forest “grand father” of all pequis and the other whose seeds are dispersed by animals
- The fruit of such trees, pequi nut.
- 1986, Candace Slater, Trail of Miracles[3], page 10:
- When Seu Mariano was occupied, I could count on my next-door neighbor, Manuel Roberto, to tell me about the days when he traveled through the surrounding hills selling the pungent oil of the pequi nut (prized for the distinctive flavor it gives to an otherwise dry and largely tasteless mixture of rice and beans).
Anagrams
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pequi
- inflection of pecar:
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi peke'i.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pe‧qui
Noun
[edit]pequi m (plural pequis)
- (Brazil) Caryocar brasiliense, a tree native to the Brazilian cerrado
- (Brazil) the fruit of that tree
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