boldo

From Spanish boldo, from Mapudungun foḻo.

boldo (countable and uncountable, plural boldos)

1. Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree.
2. The leaves of this tree, used in traditional medicine for hepatic troubles and genitourinary inflammation.
   • 2000, Charles W. Fetrow, Juan R. Avila, The Complete Guide To Herbal Medicines, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81:

     Fossilized boldo leaves more than 13,000 years old with human teeth imprints have been found in Chile. Perhaps they were used medicinally by ancient Chileans or chewed simply for their pleasant, refreshing taste.

• Blood, blood

Borrowed from Spanish boldo.

boldo m (plural boldos)

1. boldo

• “boldo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “boldo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Mapudungun foḻo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboldo/ [ˈbol̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -oldo
• Syllabification: bol‧do

boldo m (plural boldos)

1. boldo

• “boldo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024