huingán
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Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from its name in Mapudungun huingan (/wiʔan/).
Pronunciation
Noun
huingán m (plural huinganes)
- (Chile) pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Chilean pepper tree (Schinus polygama))
- Synonym: molle
- 1952, Enrique Lafourcade, Pena de muerte, Zig-Zag, published 1974, page 155:
- Aurelio se adelantaba llamando a los demás, indicándoles un huingán que parecía derramarse sobre las rocas, de un verde tan tierno. —¡Miren, qué extrañas hojas tiene!
Y los otros, obedientes, miraban las hojas del huingán. Eran como pequeños repollos, como esos repollitos de Bruselas, o como rosas duras. Aurelio se alzó en la punta de los pies para coger una rama.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “huingán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10