vijao
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]vijao
- A tree of the banana family.
- 1819, Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle, Spanish America, page 204:
- Besides the chair and rider, they carry a roll of leaves of the vijao, a species of banana-tree, which they gather near Ibague, in order to form the huts that it is necessary to construct at night, or, if overtaken by heavy rains; […]