Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

babaco

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: baba-co
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii

noun

The fruit of this tree

Etymology

From Spanish babaco, from Old Tupi wawa'su.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: babaco, wawa'su

Inflected Forms

babacos (plural)

Questions

What does babaco mean?: A fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii
Where does babaco come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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