matico
English
Noun
matico (uncountable)
- A Peruvian plant (Piper aduncum) allied to the pepper, whose leaves are used as a styptic and astringent.
Anagrams
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtiko/ [maˈt̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: ma‧ti‧co
Noun
matico m (plural maticos)
- The orange-ball-tree
- The orange-backed troupial, Icterus croconotus.
Further reading
- “matico”, 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