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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlachicōni (“scraper”).
Noun
tachicón m (plural tachicones)
- sandpaper tree (Curatella americana)
Synonyms
- aparelejo (Dominican Republic)
- azufre (Panama)
- bacabuey, vacabuey (Cuba)
- cacaíto
- carne de fiambre (Costa Rica)
- caticón (Mexico)
- chaáco (Bolivia)
- chaparral llanero (Venezuela)
- chaparro (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela)
- chaparro colorado (Venezuela)
- chaparro de sabana (Venezuela)
- chaparro sabanero (Venezuela)
- chumico
- chumico de palo (Costa Rica, Panama)
- curata (Venezuela)
- curatela (Panama)
- hoja chigüe (Costa Rica, Nicaragua)
- hojamán (Mexico)
- lengua de vaca (El Salvador, Guatemala)
- limpiahacal (Honduras)
- malcaharo (El Salvador)
- malcajaco (El Salvador)
- parica (Venezuela)
- paralejo (Dominican Republic)
- paralejo de sabana (Dominican Republic)
- peralejo macho (Costa Rica, Cuba)
- racta-panga (Peru)
- rasca la vieja
- raspa guacal, raspa-huacal (Costa Rica)
- raspa viejo, raspaviejo
- yahal (Costa Rica)
- yaja (Belize)
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