pente-de-macaco

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Portuguese

Fruta e sementes do pente-de-macaco.

Etymology

Literally, monkey comb, after the plant’s prickly fruit.

Noun

pente-de-macaco m (plural pentes-de-macaco)

  1. monkey comb (Pithecoctenium crucigerum, a climbing shrub of South America)
  2. the fruit of the monkey comb plant, or one half of its outer shell