guayacán

See also: guayacan

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Taíno waiacan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaʝaˈkan/ [ɡwa.ʝaˈkãn]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡwaʃaˈkan/ [ɡwa.ʃaˈkãn]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡwaʒaˈkan/ [ɡwa.ʒaˈkãn]

Rhymes: -an
Syllabification: gua‧ya‧cán

Noun

guayacán m (plural guayacanes)

(Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua) any tree of the genus Guaiacum

Descendants

→ English: guayacan

Further reading

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

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