English
macambira
Macambira comes from Portuguese macambira.
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentmacambira
- Englishearliest quotation 1984same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Portuguesec. 1500–presentmacambira
- Englishearliest quotation 1984same form
Earliest quotation: 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, The War of the End of the World: “The circus people proceeded, amid macambiras and across stony…”
Every English word from Portuguese macambira
Today it means
noun A thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Portuguese macambira / macambira