Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

macambira

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: macam-bi-ra
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.

Example Sentences

"The circus people proceeded, amid macambiras and across stony ground, taking turns pulling the wagon."
"Pineapple-like plants known as macambiras, with worrisome thorny red blades, spring up in the hundreds out of the ground."

Etymology

From Portuguese macambira.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: macambira

Inflected Forms

macambiras (plural)

Questions

What does macambira mean?: A thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.
Where does macambira come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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