xique-xique

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English

Etymology

From Portuguese xique-xique.

Pronunciation

Noun

xique-xique (uncountable)

  1. A species of tree cactus, Pilosocereus gounellei, of northern Brazil.
    • 1869, Richard F. Burton, chapter 14, in Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil, volume II:
      At the base of the hill began a thin grove of Xique-Xique […] . This is a tall shrub, with patches of sharp and venomous thorns radiating from common centres.
    • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 12:
      In the corner where he slept, the Little Blessed One gradually built an altar, with printed images they gave him at the mission and a cross of xiquexique wood that he himself carved and painted.
    • 2008, Frances de Pontes Peebles, The Seamstress:
      Each night the men sliced the squat xique-xique cactus into rounds, plucked out its thorns, and pressed down upon the slices with the flat faces of their knives.

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: xi‧que‧-xi‧que

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

xique-xique m (plural xique-xiques)

  1. (music) ganzá
    Synonym: ganzá

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

xique-xique m (plural xique-xiques)

  1. xique-xique (Pilosocereus gounellei)

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