guaco

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From Spanish guaco, from a Native American language.

guaco (countable and uncountable, plural guacos)

1. Any of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers.

• bejuco, guao, huaco, vejuco

• Mikania congesta

• cagou

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɡwako/ [ˈɡwa.ko]

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• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: gua‧co

guaco m (plural guacos)

1. guaco

• → English: guaco

• “guaco”, 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