bejuco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bejuco.

Noun

bejuco (plural bejucos)

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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /beˈxuko/ [beˈxu.ko]
Rhymes: -uko
Syllabification: be‧ju‧co

Noun

bejuco m (plural bejucos)

liana (any climbing tropical vine)
Synonym: liana

Derived terms

Further reading

“bejuco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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