"balché" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: balche [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish balché, from Yucatec Maya balcheʼ. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|balché}} Spanish balché, {{der|en|yua|balcheʼ}} Yucatec Maya balcheʼ Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} balché (uncountable)
  1. An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree Lonchocarpus violaceus in honey and water and fermenting it. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-balché-en-noun--E78w5a4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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