Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bejuco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-ju-co
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liana; in the Philippines, especially any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bejuco.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: bejuco

Inflected Forms

bejucos (plural)

Questions

What does bejuco mean?: Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liana; in the Philippines, especially any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.
Where does bejuco come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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