arrezuz

Borrowed from Arabic عِرَقْسُوس (ʕiraqsūs, “liquorice”), from عِرْقُ السُّوس (ʕirqu s-sūs, “licorice root”).


tanaceto

tansy (any of the flowers in the genus Tanacetum)


penca

Probably from hoja pendenca, from hoja (“leaf”) + a derivative of Latin pedis (“foot”), referring to the leaf growing from the foot of the plant. Also compare Italian pinco (“penis”).

fleshy stalk, leafstalk or leaf of certain plants, e.g., celery leafstalks or nopal leaves


hisopo

Borrowed from Latin hȳsōpum, hyssōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos), from some Semitic source. See the Greek term for more information. Cognate with English hyssop.


mezquite

→ English: mesquite

→ Portuguese: mesquite

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl mizquitl.


palmito

→ French: palmite

English: palmitic

From palma + -ito, from Latin palma (“palm tree”).


lauroceraso

lauroceraso on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ᵉˢ


piramidal

From Medieval Latin pyramidalis. By surface analysis, pirámide + al.

chimney bellflower (Campanula pyramidalis)


cenizo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cinisia, from cinis (“ashes”).


nomeolvides

es-noun

nomeolvides m or f same meaning (plural nomeolvides)

nomeolvides m or f same meaning (canonical)
nomeolvides (plural)

From no + me + olvides, which means "do not forget me".


ulmo

Eucryphia cordifolia, a South American tree.


sardonia

celery-leaved buttercup
celery-leaved buttercup

celery-leaved buttercup, Ranunculus sceleratus


dulcamara

Solanum dulcamara
Solanum dulcamara#Translingual

a vine in the nightshade family, bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara)


chaura

Gaultheria mucronata, the prickly heath.


pallar

From Peruvian Spanish, probably related to Etymology 2 below.

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines


pallar

es-verb

pallar (first-person singular present pallo, first-person singular preterite pallé, past participle pallado)

pallo (first-person present singular)
pallé (first-person preterite singular)
pallado (participle past)
pallar (infinitive)
pallando (gerund)
pallado (masculine participle past singular)
pallada (feminine participle past singular)
pallados (masculine participle past plural)
palladas (feminine participle past plural)
pallo (first-person indicative present singular)
pallas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
pallás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
palla (indicative present singular third-person)
pallamos (first-person indicative plural present)
palláis (indicative plural present second-person)
pallan (indicative plural present third-person)
pallaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pallabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pallaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pallábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pallabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pallaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pallé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
pallaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
palló (indicative preterite singular third-person)
pallamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
pallasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
pallaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
pallaré (first-person future indicative singular)
pallarás (future indicative second-person singular)
pallará (future indicative singular third-person)
pallaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
pallaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
pallarán (future indicative plural third-person)
pallaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
pallarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
pallaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
pallaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
pallaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
pallarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
palle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
palles (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
pallés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
palle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pallemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
palléis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pallen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pallara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pallaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pallara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
palláramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pallarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pallaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pallase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
pallases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
pallase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
pallásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
pallaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
pallasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
pallare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
pallares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
pallare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
palláremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
pallareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
pallaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
palla (imperative informal second-person singular)
pallá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
palle (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
palle (imperative singular third-person)
pallemos (first-person imperative plural)
pallad (imperative plural second-person)
pallen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
pallen (imperative plural third-person)
palles (imperative negative second-person singular)
palle (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
palle (imperative negative singular third-person)
pallemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
palléis (imperative negative plural second-person)
pallen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
pallen (imperative negative plural third-person)

Borrowed from Quechua pállay (“harvest, pick up from the ground”).


alcazuz

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق السُوس (ʕirq as-sūs), via Andalusian Arabic.

عِرْق السُوس


anémona

Borrowed from Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē).


nance

a fruit tree of the species Byrsonima crassifolia in the acerola family


alholva

From Andalusian Arabic الْحُلْبَة (al-ḥúlba), from Arabic حُلْبَة (ḥulba). Compare Portuguese alforba.


chupón

es-adj

chupón (feminine chupona, masculine plural chupones, feminine plural chuponas)

chupona (feminine)
chupones (masculine plural)
chuponas (feminine plural)

(Spain) hoarding, profiteering, sponging (said of a person who abuses a situation to get the best of it; in broad sense, not only referred to money or goods; it can be used as a noun)


chupón

¡Chupón! ¡Pasa el balón!

(Spain) ball hog (a player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing it)


quilo

Para que el cabello crezca hermoso, es bueno hacerlo cortar, en la mañana de San Jan, por la mano «de un Juan que esté creciendo» (es decir, de un niño que se llama Juan), y enterrarlo en seguida al pie de una mata de quilo, arbusto de crecimiento muy rápido.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 331:

(Chile) Muehlenbeckia hastulata, a climbing plant.


oyamel

From a Nahuatl source, cf. Classical Nahuatl oyametl.

Abies religiosa
Abies religiosa#Translingual


bujo

Inherited from Latin buxus, of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos). Doublet of boj, which was borrowed.


colihue

(Argentina, Chile) a type of South American mountain bamboo (Chusquea coleou)


alfóncigo

From Andalusian Arabic الفستق (al-fústaq), from Arabic فُسْتَق (fustaq, “pistachio”). Compare Catalan festuc.


cempasúchil

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cempōhualxōchitl, from cempōhualli (“twenty”) + xōchitl (“flower”).


malvavisco

Borrowed from Medieval Latin malvaviscus, from Latin malva (“mallow”) + hibiscum (“marshmallow”), from Ancient Greek ἱβίσκος (hibískos). Cognate with English mallow, mauve, hibiscus.


piñón

From piña (“pinecone”) + -ón (diminutive suffix).


piñón

(mechanics) pinion (small gear or spindle)

(mechanics) sprocket (toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain)


piñón

From Latin pinna (“feather”) + -ón (“augmentative suffix”).


hiniesta

Inherited from Latin genesta. Doublet of genista.


jara

From Arabic شَعْرَاء (šaʕrāʔ), whose original meaning of 'hairy' extended to refer to places covered in vegetation (vd. Latin comātus for an analogous process), from شَعْر (šaʕr, “hair, fur, bristle”).

der

Arabic شَعْرَاء (šaʕrāʔ)

rockrose (plant in the genus Cistus or the genus Halimium)


lechoso

Inherited from Latin lactōsus. By surface analysis, leche + -oso. The noun sense is due to the sap of the tree, which superficially resembles milk. Doublet of lactosa.

(Ecuador) a type of tree found in the Galápagos, in the genus Scalesia


biznaga

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huitznahuac (“surrounded by thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + nciuac (“near, around”). Influenced by biznaga (Etymology 1).

bor+

(Mexico) any of several species of small, prickly cacti, especially barrel cacti


hevea

From the genus name Hevea, from Quechua hyeve (“rubber tree”).


algarroba

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الخَرُّوبَة (al-ḵarrū́ba), from Arabic خَرُّوبَة (ḵarrūba).


aliáceo

es-adj

aliáceo (feminine aliácea, masculine plural aliáceos, feminine plural aliáceas)

aliácea (feminine)
aliáceos (masculine plural)
aliáceas (feminine plural)


planta obediente

es-noun

planta obediente f (plural plantas obedientes)


calabaza bellota

calabaza bellota f (plural calabazas bellotas)


jícaro

Crescentia cujete
Crescentia cujete#Translingual

(Mexico, Central America) calabash tree (Crescentia cujete); Mexican calabash (Crescentia alata)


buganvilia

From the surname of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral and explorer who first brought the plant to Europe.


viñador

viñador m (plural viñadores, feminine viñadora, feminine plural viñadoras)

viñadores (plural)
viñadora (feminine)
viñadoras (feminine plural)


barril de oro

barril de oro m (plural barriles de oro)

the barrel cactus, Echinocactus grusonii


nébeda

Borrowed from Galician nébeda, from Latin nepeta. Spanish previously had forms such as nieta, nebda, neuda, neota.


cebollino

From cebolla + -ino (diminutive suffix), from Latin cēpa, whence English chive.


rábano picante

rábano picante m (plural rábanos picantes)


paragüita

largeleaf pennywort (Hydrocotyle bonariensis)


hierba buena

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈβ̞we.na]

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈβ̞we.na]

Literally, “good grass”. It is the linguistic opposite to mala hierba (“weed, bad grass”).

Mentha spicata
Mentha spicata#Translingual


levístico

Borrowed from Late Latin levisticum, probably an alteration of Latin ligusticum, from Ligusticus (“Ligurian”), ultimately from Ancient Greek Λίγυς (Lígus).


yambo

Borrowed from Latin iambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).


ulmaria

Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria#Translingual


alhucema

desc

الْحُسَيْمَة

→ Arabic: الْحُسَيْمَة (al-ḥusayma)

→ Tagalog: alusema

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzáma), from Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzāmā).

der

Arabic الْخُزَامَى (al-ḵuzāmā)


chipilín

a perennial legume whose greens are eaten in Mexico and Central America, but which is restricted as an invasive weed by many countries, Crotalaria longirostrata


borojó

South American fruit tree of species Alibertia patinoi (syn. Borojoa patinoi)


arracacha

→ English: arracacha

a South American plant grown as a root vegetable, Arracacia xanthorrhiza


ají criollo

es-noun

ají criollo m (plural ajís criollos or ajíes criollos)

ajís criollos (plural)
ajíes criollos (plural)


chiltoma

Perhaps from Classical Nahuatl chiltotl, chīltōtōtl (“brightly-coloured bird”), from chīlli + tōtōtl; compare chiltic, chīchīltic (“the colour red”).
Alternatively, perhaps from chilli (“chili, pepper”) + tomatl (“tomatillo”).


chilacayote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tzilacāyohtli.

bor+

Cucurbita ficifolia
Cucurbita ficifolia#Translingual

any of species Cucurbita ficifolia of squashes

any of several other species of wild gourd-like plants, such as Marah macrocarpus or Cucurbita foetidissima


naranjo chino

es-noun

naranjo chino m (plural naranjos chinos)


naranjo enano

naranjo enano m (plural naranjos enanos)


jocote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xocotl (“fruit, plum”).


chirimoyo

Annona cherimola
Annona cherimola#Translingual

a South American fruit tree, Annona cherimola, whose fruit is the chirimoya


arándano rojo

es-noun

arándano rojo m (plural arándanos rojos)


arándano silvestre

arándano silvestre m (plural arándanos silvestres)


arándano ártico

arándano ártico m (plural arándanos árticos)


mora de los pantanos

mora de los pantanos f (plural moras de los pantanos)

Rubus chamaemorus
Rubus chamaemorus#Translingual


espliego

Borrowed from Aragonese espligo, from Latin spīculum (literally “little spike”) with metathesis of /l/. Coromines & Pascual propose that the word was interpreted as a derivative of pliego (“sheet of paper”) to explain the replacement of /i/ with /je/. At the time, there was /i~je/ alternation in numerous lexical items, such as castiello~castillo or aviespa~avispa. Compare Catalan espígol, Galician esprego.


níspero japonés

es-noun

níspero japonés m (plural nísperos japoneses)


níspero europeo

níspero europeo m (plural nísperos europeos)


flor de cananga

flor de cananga f (plural flores de cananga)

Cananga odorata
Cananga odorata#Translingual


ejote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl exōtl (“green bean, lima bean”).

bor+

(Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) green bean


ocote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *okotl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta.


ahuehuete

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ātl (“water”) + huēhuētl (“upright drum”).


cornejo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *corniclus < *corniculus, itself a diminutive of Latin cornus.


campanilla morada

es-noun

campanilla morada f (plural campanillas moradas)


cacheta

matchwood tree (Didymopanax morototoni syn. Schlefferi morototoni)


calabaza butternut

calabaza butternut f (plural calabazas butternut)


calabaza de nuez

calabaza de nuez f (plural calabazas de nuez)


huisache

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl huixachin (literally “many thorns”), from huitztli (“thorn”) + ixachi (“a lot, great in quantity”).

bor+

Vachellia farnesiana
Vachellia farnesiana#Translingual

the needle bush or sweet acacia (Vachellia farnesiana), a thorny tree of the genus Vachellia, native to Mexico and Central America

Any of various trees of the genus Havardia.


ciruela Damasco

es-noun

ciruela Damasco f (plural ciruelas Damasco)

damson (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia)


caléndula

Borrowed from New Latin calendula, from Latin kalendae, calendae, from calare (“to proclaim (the first day of a month was proclaimed in ancient Rome)”).

Calendula officinalis
Calendula officinalis#Translingual

pot marigold (Calendula officinalis, a species of marigold)


chapote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapotl. Doublet of zapote.

(Mexico) Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon; Diospyros texana


maqui

maqui, Chilean wineberry (Aristotelia chilensis).


paico

(Chile) euphemism for pico (penis), usually used in the phrase "pal pico" (meaning "in a very bad situation")


tejocote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl texocotl (literally “stone fruit”), from tetl (“stone”) + xocotl (“plum, fruit”).

bor+

(Mexico) Crataegus mexicana, a species of fruit-bearing hawthorn


anacahuite

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āmacuahuitl, from āmatl (“paper”) + cuahuitl (“tree”).

Schinus molle
Schinus molle#Translingual

A Peruvian pepper tree, a tree of species Schinus molle, in the sumac family


huauzontle

From Classical Nahuatl huāuhtli (“amaranth”) + tzontli (“hair, head”), because of the shape of the plant's inflorescence.


ebanuz

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic أَبَنُوس (ʔabanūs). Doublet of ébano.


brócoli

Borrowed from Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo, from brocco (“shoot, sprout”).


chirivía

See alcaravea (“caraway”). Compare Catalan xirivia (“parsnip”).


cascarilla

→ English: cascarilla


alerce africano

es-noun

alerce africano m (plural alerces africanos)

(Tetraclinis articulatus Masters), the sandarac tree


tuya articulada

tuya articulada f (plural tuyas articuladas)

Tetraclinis articulata
Tetraclinis articulata#Translingual

(botany) sandarac (Tetraclinis articulata Masters)


izote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl iczōtl, attested in the compound iczōxōchitl (“flower of a type of yucca”).

a species of yucca, Yucca aloifolia, native to Mexico and Central America


cohombro

From cogombro, from Latin cucumerem. Doublet of cacombra.


poleo

Mentha pulegium
Mentha pulegium#Translingual


sándalo

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σάνδαλον (sándalon), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana).


árbol de Navidad

es-noun

árbol de Navidad m (plural árboles de Navidad)

[ˌaɾ.β̞ol̪ d̪e na.β̞iˈð̞að̞]


ombú

a large evergreen tree native to the Pampa of South America, Phytolacca dioica


yerba mansa

→ English: yerba mansa


flor de muertos

flor de muertos f (plural flores de muertos)

Literally, “flower of the dead”, because in Mexico and Central America the flower is traditionally used to honor the deceased.

(Central America, Mexico) Mexican marigold


flor de cempasúchil

flor de cempasúchil f (plural flores de cempasúchil)


súchil

(rare, dialectal, poetic, Mexico) flower


xóchil

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xōchitl (“flower”).


xoconostle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl xoconōchtli (“sour prickly pear”), from xococ (“something sour”) + nōchtli (“prickly pear”).

(Mexico) a species of prickly pear cactus, Opuntia matudae, native to Central Mexico


cacahuacintle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cacahuacentli (“cacao pod”), from cacahuatl (“cacao bean”) + centli, cintli (“dried maize still on the cob”).

(Mexico) a variety of maize with large, whitish grains, used in the making of pozole and other traditional dishes


teocinte

French: téosinte

English: teosinte

apparently from Classical Nahuatl teōtl (“god”) + cintli (“dried maize”).

(Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) teosinte


sotol

→ English: sotol

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).

(chiefly Mexico) sotol (distilled spirit)


cajigo

Alternative form of quejigo (Portuguese oak)


quejigo

Alteration of earlier cajigo, from Asturian caxigu (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *cassicu (compare Aragonese caixico), from *cass- (“twisted, gnarled”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”)); akin to French chêne (“oak”).

Quercus faginea
Quercus faginea#Translingual


carvallo

Borrowed from Galician carballo. Further etymology unknown; possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.

unk

Further etymology unknown


chopo

Inherited from Old Spanish, possibly through an earlier form *llopo, from Vulgar Latin *plōppus, with metathesis from Latin pōpulus. Likely influenced by Portuguese choupo, if not simply borrowed from it.

Coordinate term: álamo

Populus nigra
Populus nigra#Translingual

A poplar tree, often the black poplar (Populus nigra)


tornasol

Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to turn (originally)”) + sol (“sun”).


salzmimbre

From salze (“willow”) + mimbre (“wicker”).

(Aragon) a willow that yields wicker suitable for basketry


guaco

→ English: guaco


panalillo

Lobularia maritima
Lobularia maritima#Translingual


aceituna negra

es-noun

aceituna negra f (plural aceitunas negras)


beleño

From Old Spanish bellinno, from Gaulish belenion (Pseudo-Aristotle, De plantis, 7.821); akin to Welsh bela (“henbane”), Old Irish béal (“sun”). Related to belesa.


tortilla española

tortilla española f (plural tortillas españolas)


emporrado

es-adj

emporrado (feminine emporrada, masculine plural emporrados, feminine plural emporradas)

emporrada (feminine)
emporrados (masculine plural)
emporradas (feminine plural)


grosella roja

es-noun

grosella roja f (plural grosellas rojas)


tordillo

Tordylium maximum
Tordylium maximum#Translingual


alcornoque

From Mozarabic *alqurnúq, from the Arabic article al- + quernus, variation of Latin quercus + Hispanic suffix -occus.


acedera

Inherited from Late Latin acētāria (“vegetables prepared with oil and vinegar; vinaigrette seasoned greens; salad”).

inh+

Rumex acetosa
Rumex acetosa#Translingual

sorrel (Rumex acetosa, common sorrel plant with acidic leaves, used for seasoning salad due to its sour taste)


yero

Syncopated from yervo, from Latin ervum.

Vicia ervilia
Vicia ervilia#Translingual

any variety of bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia)


grajo

es-noun

grajo m (plural grajos, feminine graja, feminine plural grajas)

grajos (plural)
graja (feminine)
grajas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *graclu(s), syncopated form of Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂-k- (“croak”). Compare English grackle, Italian gracchio, and Portuguese gralho.

cuando el grajo vuela bajo, hace un frío del carajo

a kind of bird:
San Blas jay (Cyanocorax sanblasianus)

great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)

great-tailed grackle
great-tailed grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus
Quiscalus mexicanus#Translingual

(Cuba, Puerto Rico) white stopper Eugenia axillaris

a kind of plant:
white stopper Eugenia axillaris

(Dominican Republic) white twinevine (Funastrum clausum)

a kind of plant:
white twinevine (Funastrum clausum)


majagua

Borrowed from Taíno mahou. Cognate with English mahoe.


calafate

calafate m or f by sense (plural calafates)


pipián

(Mexico) a type of sauce made with pumpkin seeds or almonds, toasted corn and green chili

(Mexico) a type of stew made with such sauce


bellaco

bellaco m (plural bellacos, feminine bellaca, feminine plural bellacas)

bellacos (plural)
bellaca (feminine)
bellacas (feminine plural)

→ Cebuano: bilyako

→ Italian: vigliacco

→ Piedmontese: viliach

desctree

→ Portuguese: velhaco
→ Kabuverdianu: bidjáku

plátano bellaco

Vendemos plátano bellaco a bajo precio

Imparten nuevas técnicas de abono para cultivo de plátano bellaco

New fertilizing techniques taught for growing plantain


barrigona

Iriartea deltoidea, a South and Central American palm.


loroco

¿Vas a querer tus pupusas con loroco?
Will you want your pupusas with loroco?

loroco flowers, commonly used in pupusas


comuña

From Latin commūnia, neuter plural of commūnis (“common, general”).

any seed, grain or oat, except barley, rye, or wheat


sábila

→ Hiligaynon: sabila

En la casa donde crece la sávila no entran los Brujos.

1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 203:


orito

From oro (“gold”) + -ito, literally “little golden one”.

suffix

(Latin America) a type of bright yellow, sweet miniature banana


escalesia

Borrowed from translingual Scalesia, from English Scales (an error for the surname of William Alexander Stables) + Latin -ia.

a type of tree found in the Galápagos, in the genus Scalesia


hierbaluisa

Aloysia triphylla
Wikispecies:Aloysia triphylla

lemon verbena (shrub, Aloysia triphylla)


tojo

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *toju or similar; compare Portuguese tojo, Asturian toxu, Galician toxo.


muérdago

Inherited from Old Spanish mórdago, of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly Basque miur. Alternatively from Latin mordicus.


cantueso

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *chamaethusius, from Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, ground”) and θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”), meaning "incense of the earth".


flor de Nochebuena

es-noun

flor de Nochebuena f (plural flores de Nochebuena)


gallito

(Venezuela, chiefly in the plural) popcorn


chilchote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl chīlchotl (“green chili pepper”).

bor+

(Mexico) a spicy, green variety of chili pepper used in cooking


acuyo

(Mexico) Mexican pepperleaf, root beer plant, an aromatic herb used in Mexican cuisine (Piper auritum)


sicomoro americano

es-noun

sicomoro americano m (plural sicomoros americanos)

Platanus occidentalis
Platanus occidentalis#Translingual

American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis


alpiste

→ French: alpiste

→ Galician: alpiste

desc

→ Portuguese: alpiste, (Portugal) alpista

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic البِشْط (al-bišṭ), from Latin pistum.


hiedra venenosa

es-noun

hiedra venenosa f (plural hiedras venenosas)


emborrachacabras

emborrachacabras m (plural emborrachacabras)

Verb-object compound, composed of emborracha (“to inebriate”) + cabras (“goats”).

es-verb-obj

Coriaria myrtifolia
Wikispecies:Coriaria myrtifolia


alegría de la casa

es-noun

alegría de la casa f (plural alegrías de la casa)

busy Lizzy (plant), Impatiens walleriana


enjertal

From obsolete enjerto (“grafted plant”) (modern injerto) + -al.


chía

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl chiyan.

Salvia hispanica
Wikispecies:Salvia hispanica


sémola

semolina, grits, meal (coarsely ground cereal)


jacarandá

jacaranda (any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers)


atocha

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الطوجة (aṭ-ṭáwča), from an Iberian substrate language.


centáurea

Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea cyanus#Translingual


espelta

Triticum spelta
Triticum spelta#Translingual

Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta#Translingual

spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta or Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta)


dendrita

a collection of minerals formed in tree branches that grow into rock fissures


canónigo

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin canonicus (“canon”), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Galician cóengo.
The sense of “corn salad” seems to come by ellipsis from (hierba de los) canónigos.

slbor

corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads)


endrino

From endrina (“sloe, blackthorn”), from earlier andrina, from Iberian Vulgar Latin *ādrīna, evolution of *ātrīna (“black plum”), from Classical Latin āter (“black”).


macal

Lo anterior ordena que se traiga un tubérculo de macal (Xanthosoma nigrum), un aroideo americano del que podían emplearse como comestibles las hojas y los retoños, del mismo modo que sus tubérculos.

2004, Sophie D. Coe, Las primeras cocinas de América, Fondo de Cultura Económica, →ISBN, page 233:


chuchupate

→ English: chuchupate

(Mexico) balsam of Peru, Myroxylon balsamum


arazá

a tropical South American plant, Eugenia stipitata


camalote

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl camalotl.

bor+

Pontederia crassipes (a tropical aquatic plant from South America, in the family Pontederiaceae, that appears to form floating islands)


cohoba

Anadenanthera peregrina, a South American tree.


sicómoro occidental

es-noun

sicómoro occidental m (plural sicómoros occidentales)


abrojo terrestre

abrojo terrestre m (plural abrojos terrestres)

Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris#Translingual


acedera común

acedera común f (plural acederas comunes)


abrótano

Borrowed from Medieval Latin abrotanum, from Latin abrotonum.


aguaymanto

Physalis peruviana
Physalis peruviana#Translingual

Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana) (plant)


agáloco

Borrowed from New Latin agallochum, from Ancient Greek ἀγάλοχον (agálokhon), ἀγάλλοχον (agállokhon), a loanword from a Middle Eastern language.


porongo

Borrowed from Quechua purunku (“calabash, plant and fruit and vessel of the calabash vine”), itself probably an ancient wanderwort from the South Sea for an inedible variety of calabash vine.


ajo de oso

Calque of Latin Allium ursinum (literally “bear garlic”).

calque

Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum#Translingual


albura

From albo + -ura, or taken from Late Latin albūra, from Latin albus. Compare Portuguese alvura.


alcaucil

From Andalusian Arabic الْقَبْسِيل (al-qabsīl), from a Medieval Latin form *capicella for capitia, from Latin caput (“head”). Doublet of jefe and cabo.

bor

(Argentina, Uruguay, Andalusia, Extremadura) artichoke (vegetable)


algarrobo loco

es-noun

algarrobo loco m (plural algarrobos locos)

Cercis siliquastrum
Cercis siliquastrum#Translingual


alheña

Inherited from Old Spanish alhenna, from Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʔ), via Andalusian Arabic. Doublet of alcana.


alhelí

Borrowed from Arabic الْخَيْرِيّ (al-ḵayriyy) with the same meaning.


altramuz

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic التَرْمُوس (at-tarmús), from Arabic تُرْمُس (turmus, “lupin”), via Aramaic from Akkadian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/), from Sumerian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/).

lupin (any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae)


codeso

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cutisus, from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos). Doublet of cítiso.


yos

(Costa Rica) gum tree (Sapium glandulosum)


quinua

→ Catalan: quinoa

desctree

→ English: quinoa
→ Welsh: cwinoa
→ Korean: 퀴노아 (kwinoa)

→ Dutch: quinoa

→ French: quinoa

→ German: Quinoa

→ Italian: quinoa

→ Portuguese: quinoa


aderno

Borrowed from Portuguese aderno (“buckthorn”)


carnaúba

Borrowed from Portuguese carnaúba, or directly from Old Tupi karana'yba.

Copernicia prunifera
Wikispecies:Copernicia prunifera

carnauba (Copernicia prunifera, a palm tree of South America)


macana

Las figuras antropomorfas de madera representaban los espíritus tutelares de los niños o de los adultos y las de balso o macana eran empleadas para curaciones, una para cada enfermedad.

2003, Hernando Forero Caballero, Fundamentos sociológicos de la medicina primitiva, Academia Nacional de Medicina, page 53:

The anthropomorphic wooden figures represented the tutelar spirits of children or adults and those made of balsa or peach palm were used in healings, one for each ailment.

(uncountable) the wood of the peach palm


canaigre

En el informe en cuestión se da un cuadro que demuestra que el canaigre de uno ó dos años era riquísimo en tal material, en muestras procedentes de las tierras margosas de Florencia, de las arenosas de la propia comarca y de las arenosas de las riberas del río de la Sal.

1894, “Un Nuevo Tanino”, in Boletin de agricultura, minería é industrias, numbers 1-3, page 189:

Canaigre es el nombre comercial de la raíz de una especie debardana amarilla, conocida por los botánicos como Rumex Hymenosepalus, una planta perenne, o hierba, llamada ruibarbo silvestre.

El tanino rara vez se usa solo; generalmente se mezcla con carbonato, hidrato o silicato sódico. El tanino se obtiene de una gran variedad de fuentes, entre las cuales figuran las cortezas de pinabete y roble, el quebracho, el canaigre, la raiz de palmito, el zumaque y el dividivi.

1920 May, El ingeniero y contratista: Revista dedicada exclusivamente a mequinaria y asuntos de ingenieria, →OCLC, page 33:


palo blanco

Various plants
Calycophyllum multiflorum


mahonesa

(botany) Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima


simaruba

From a Cariban language; compare French simarouba.

(Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela) A plant in the genus Simarouba.


aceituno

(El Salvador, Honduras) a plant in the genus Simarouba


viduño

From Late Latin *vītōneum, from vītis (“vine”) + -ō (agentive suffix) + -eus (attributive suffix).

af

a kind of grape or a certain quality of grape.


verónica

an act in bullfighting where the matador lets his cloak trail over the bull's head


rejalgar

Borrowed from Arabic رَهْج اَلْغَار (rahj al-ḡār, “realgar”, literally “cave dust”).

bor+

رَهْج اَلْغَار

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica

(Oaxaca) tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)

Colocasia antiquorum
Colocasia antiquorum


arrayán

Borrowed from Arabic الرَيْحَان (ar-rayḥān, “myrtle”).


abeto de Douglas

es-noun

abeto de Douglas m (plural abetos de Douglas)

Douglas fir (conifer of genus Pseudotsuga)


alcana

Borrowed from Medieval Latin alcanna, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ). Doublet of alheña.


arjorán

Borrowed from Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān), from Aramaic אַרְגְּוָונָא / ܐܰܪܓܽܘܳܢܳܐ (ʾargəwānā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu).

der

אַרְגְּוָונָא

Aramaic אַרְגְּוָונָא


palma aceitera

es-noun

palma aceitera f (plural palmas aceiteras)


canchalagua

→ English: canchalagua


lampazo

→ Basque: lanbas

→ Neapolitan: lampazzo

→ Tagalog: lampaso

→ Tausug: lampasu

From the neuter of Latin lappāceus from Latin lappa (“burdock”) which also has been confused with lapathium, lapathum (“sorrel”), compare Galician lampaza.

(Uruguay) squeegee mop (the tool Uruguayans prefer for mopping)


branca ursina

branca ursina f (plural brancas ursinas)


guatambú

Borrowed from Guaraní yvá (“fruit”) + tambú (“edible larva of Coleoptera sp.”)

Pero no son todos bosques nativos, de árboles y arbustos pindó, yuquerí, bambú, alecrín, ambay y guatambú, con las lianas típicas de la selva misionera.

2015 October 2, “Los ‘sin tierra’ argentinos, contra la industria forestal”, in El País:

Balfourodendron riedelianum; its wood susceptible to borers.


majuelo

No tiene bodega porque prefiere localizar el majuelo con el que dibujar su visión del vino.

2015 September 18, “Bailarina 2014, elegantemente almendrado”, in El País:

Crataegus monogyna
Crataegus monogyna#Translingual


quelenquelén

(Chile) one of two species of polygalaceous plants, either Polygala stricta or Monnina linearifolia


olluco

→ English: ulluco

Quién sabe, quizá dentro de unas décadas la pasta de ají amarillo, limo y rocoto, los moles, el olluco y el achiote, la salsa de anticuchos y el aderezo especiado de los adobos serranos formarán parte de nuestro recetario doméstico, o cuando menos de nuestro registro cotidiano de sabores familiares.

2015 October 30, “La huella latina en España”, in El País:


naranjero

naranjero m (plural naranjeros, feminine naranjera, feminine plural naranjeras)

naranjeros (plural)
naranjera (feminine)
naranjeras (feminine plural)


caulerpa

La caulerpa es capaz de reestructurar la red trófica y de cambiar el paisaje submarino".

2015 November 14, “Del Índico a Mallorca en una bolsa de plástico”, in El País:

Caulerpa is capable of restructuring the food web and changing the undersea landscape.


cruceta

(video games) cross-shaped video game controller; d-pad


cuerno de chivo

cuerno de chivo m (plural cuernos de chivo)

Literally, “goat’s horn”. Sense 1 is in reference to the curved magazines fitted to Kalashnikov-pattern firearms, likened to the curvature of a goat's horn.


clerodendro

Destacan la palmera canaria, la sterlizia gigante, el clerodendro, el crinum, el apio de mar y el salado verde.

2015 October 5, “Fulgor sesentero sobre el acantilado”, in El País:

any of the plants in the genus Clerodendrum


yagruma

[ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ɾu.ma]

[ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ɾu.ma]


yagrumo

[ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ɾu.mo]

[ɟ͡ʝaˈɣ̞ɾu.mo]

any number of tropical trees, most notably pumpwoods and umbrella trees


pacaya

En los belenes se empleaban productos propios de la región, como musgo, manzanilla, hoja de pacaya y flor de pascua.

2015 December, “Nochebuena antigua”, in Prensa Libre:

Costa Rican bamboo palm
Costa Rican bamboo palm

Chamaedorea costaricana
Chamaedorea costaricana

Costa Rican bamboo palm (Chamaedorea costaricana)


arroyuelo

hyssop loosestrife (Lythrum hyssopifolia)


garnacha

→ Belizean Creole: garnaaches (from the plural form)

Borrowed from Occitan garnacha, from Italian guarnaccia.

a type of food made from corn tortilla (not rolled up) filled with various ingredients


garnacha

Borrowed from Catalan garnatxa, from Old Catalan vernatxa, from Italian vernaccia.


guillomo

Por este camino (circular, de 4,6 kilómetros, bien señalizado) se ven además hayas, rebollos, serbales, mostajos y guillomos que el otoño pinta de los más vivos colores.

2015 September 25, “10 escapadas de puro otoño”, in El País:


almorrana

→ Cebuano: almoranas

→ Tagalog: almoranas

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *haemorrheuma, from Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-, “blood”) + ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”). The first syllable was formed by analogy with other Spanish words borrowed from Arabic with the article اَل (al-, “the”). Cognate with Galician almorrá, partly with Portuguese almorroida and almorreima, and possibly with Catalan morena.


hiedra terrestre

es-noun

hiedra terrestre f (plural hiedras terrestres)


arañuela

love-in-a-mist (any flowering plant of the genus Nigella)


tortilla de papas

tortilla de papas f (plural tortillas de papas)

(Hispanic Americ, Canary Islands) Spanish omelet


tortilla de patatas

tortilla de patatas f (plural tortillas de patatas)


artemisa

From artemisia, from Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).


avileño

Sambucus ebulus
Sambucus ebulus#Translingual


ceibo

one of several species of trees, principally Erythrina crista-galli


morrón

Al servir, se adorna con tajitas de pimiento morrón y perejil picado, y se coloca por alrededor del ave en el platón de servir.

2015 December, “Deliciosas recetas navideñas de antaño”, in Prensa Libre:

(Argentina, Uruguay, parts of Chile) sweet pepper, bell pepper


pejiguera

Inherited from Latin persicaria (“Persicaria maculosa”) from Latin persicus (“Persian”).


cará

Colocasia esculenta
Colocasia esculenta#Translingual


camucamu

→ Portuguese: camu-camu


murajes

From Old Galician-Portuguese muragem (Portuguese murugem, Galician muruxa), from Vulgar Latin *murāginem (“plantain”), of unknown ultimate origin.


eléboro

Borrowed from Latin hellebŏrum, from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros), possibly from ἄλκη (álkē, “fawn”) and βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat”).


hormigo

De la repostería riojana destacan los hormigos, los mazapanes, los molletes de Santo Domingo de la Calzada y las mejores frutas con vino.

2012 September 27, “Una ruta gastronómica para disfrutar del Camino Francés”, in 20 minutos:

(in the plural, cooking) dessert made with breadcrumbs, roasted nuts and honey


chaufa

Borrowed from Cantonese 炒飯／炒饭 (caau2 faan6).


huacatay

Borrowed from Quechua wakatay, wakataya.

Pruebe las papas fritas con su salsa carretillera con ají amarillo y huacatay y para quienes les gusta la picardía, elijan la salsa de rocoto.

2016 October 15, “Para disfrutar: 5 nuevas sandwicherías recién instaladas en Santiago que hay que conocer”, in Emol:


liquidámbar

Se puede observar la belleza de 250 tipos de plantas y árboles en los que se destacan los pinos, helechos, liquidámbar, hongos y robles.

2016 August 7, “Un bosque de vida silvestre para recorrer y disfrutar”, in La Prensa:

You can observe the beauty of 250 types of plants and trees in which pines, ferns, sweetgum, mushrooms and oaks stand out.


guayusa

Plátano, maracuyá, piña, caña de azúcar, naranjilla, guayusa y frutilla fueron algunos de los productos comercializados ayer en la primera feria denominada Del productor al consumidor, desarrollada en los exteriores del Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca (Magap), en el norte.

2015 April 9, “Feria busca evitar intermediarios”, in El Universo:

Ilex guayusa (a tree of the holly genus, brewed as a tea)


caguairán

Y en el ovillo patriótico ha resultado hilo, mitad de barba recia, mitad de caguairán.

2016 November 26, “Retrato Amado”, in Juventud Rebelde:

(Cuba, by extension) a tough or resilient person


ojushte

Ardillas, garrobos y diversas especies de aves como canarios, tucanes, pericos y búhos suelen avistarse en el terreno donde predominan árboles de laurel, ojushte, bálsamo y barillo.

2016 December 2, “Parque ecológico olocuiltense una opción para distraerse”, in elsalvador.com:

(El Salvador) breadnut, Maya nut (Brosimum alicastrum)


cabirma

Cuántos guayacán, roble, cabirma, caobanilla y cedro hemos quemado nosotros”.

2016 October 7, “Un proyecto para proteger los bosques y las especies amenazadas de RD”, in Listin Diario:

a number of different trees of the genus Guarea


guayacán

→ English: guayacan

(Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua) any tree of the genus Guaiacum


samán

Especies como guayacanes, samanes, entre otras, fueron trasladadas desde el vivero forestal de la Corporación Provincial hasta la zona que fue reforestada y donde se propició un relleno sanitario con celdas bajo tierra, que tendrá una vida útil de diez años.

2016 December 5, “Plantas en un antiguo botadero de basura en Samborondón”, in El Universo:

Albizia saman
Albizia saman#Translingual


lechoza

From lechosa (“milky”), possibly referring to the consistency of the sap of the Carica papaya plant.

1 taza de dulce de lechoza picadita (sin líquido)

2016 December 19, “5 recetas para una dulce Navidad”, in El Nacional:


guásima

Y en 1986, en Cinco Palmas, estuvieron de nuevo los hermanos. Aquel 18 de diciembre, después de una hermosa gala cultural, Raúl tomó el brazo izquierdo del Comandante y exclamó: ¡Viva Fidel!, un grito que se escucha todavía en las raíces de las guásimas, las palmas y en la brisa misma.

2016 December 25, “Un Sí se puede en Cinco Palmas”, in Juventud Rebelde:

West Indian elm, bay cedar (Guazuma ulmifolia)


dormidera

En muchas sepulturas se ve la planta de la dormidera, que se relaciona con el sueño eterno.

2016 November 27, “Una biblioteca entre ataúdes”, in El Periódico:


badea

Recuerda que en aquel entonces había pocas casas, se escuchaba el canto de las ranas y de vez en cuando se metían los zorros al jardín a comerse las badeas, y había lagartos en el estero Salado.

2016 October 6, “Una nostálgica cita de miraflorinos”, in El Universo:

giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis)


barba de cabra

es-noun

barba de cabra f (plural barbas de cabra)

Tragopogon porrifolius
Tragopogon porrifolius#Translingual

goatsbeard, common salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)

Actaea spicata
Wikispecies:Actaea spicata


camagón

→ English: camagon

Diospyros blancoi
Diospyros blancoi#Translingual

a kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros blancoi) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies


atrapamoscas

Verb-object compound, composed of atrapa (“to trap”) + moscas (“flies”).

es-verb-obj

Actinoscyphia AureliaSu nombre común en inglés es Venus flytrap sea anemome, o anémona marina Venus atrapamoscas, debido a su parecido con la planta carnívora Dionaea muscipula, cuyo nombre común es Venus flytrap.

2017 March 14, “Los animales más extraños de las profundidades del pacífico”, in Frontera.info:


granadillo

Hypericum canariense, a species of St. John's wort native to the Canary Islands


panizo

Inherited from Late Latin pānīcium, from Latin pānīcum, from pānus (“ear of millet”).


guamúchil

Pithecellobium dulce
Pithecellobium dulce#Translingual


sangüeño

Inherited from Latin sanguineus. Cognate Portuguese sanguinho. Doublet of sanguíneo.


cerraja

Sonchus arvensis
Wikispecies:Sonchus arvensis

field milk thistle; field sowthistle; perennial sow-thistle; corn sow thistle; dindle (Sonchus arvensis)


coscojo

Inherited from Latin cusculium, cuscolium.

Fagus sylvatica
Fagus sylvatica#Translingual

common beech, European beech; Fagus sylvatica


ratania

→ English: rhatany


albérchigo

→ Basque: arbeletxeko

→ Portuguese: alperce, alperche

A mix of Arabic الْفِرْسِك (al-firsik, “peach”) and الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “apricot”).


cuarango

(botany, Peru) quinine tree, a species of the cinchona tree Cinchona condaminea


caobo

Se podía caminar a lo largo de la avenida Páez bajo la sombra de jabillos, bucares, caobos y hasta de algún samán extraviado.

2017 June 17, “La noche de los fierros retorcidos”, in El Nacional:

Swietenia macrophylla
Wikispecies:Swietenia macrophylla

mahogany, Honduran mahogany (tree of the species Swietenia macrophylla)


curujey

Puso a prueba nuestra resistencia, sabiendo que, en ocasiones, estaríamos desesperados por tomar agua, y aprendimos a tomarla de los curujeyes de los árboles como habían hecho los rebeldes.

2016 December 2, “Reparador de sueños”, in Granma:

West Indian tufted airplant
West Indian tufted airplant

(Cuba) Guzmania monostachia, the West Indian tufted airplant


almoraduj

From Andalusian Arabic الْمَرْدَدُّوش (al-mardadúš), from Arabic مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš).

der

الْمَرْدَدُّوش


yezgo

[ˈɟ͡ʝeθ̬.ɣ̞o]

[ˈɟ͡ʝez.ɣ̞o]

[ˈɟ͡ʝez.ɣ̞o]

Inherited from Old Spanish yedgo, from Vulgar Latin (Celto-Latin) *educus, from Gaulish odocos (influenced by or crossed with Latin ebulum).


melloco

Ahí pela habas, ajos, limpia tubérculos, pone en fundas los mellocos y otros.

2017 July 14, “Madrugadas de intenso ajetreo marcan la vida en Montebello”, in El Universo:


totumo

Crescentia cujete
Crescentia cujete#Translingual


molave

molave (tree, Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus species, and its wood)


higuerón

Posteriormente, la familia Herrera consiguió un local cerca del antiguo higuerón al que llamaron Warmasters; Jaime recuerda que el espacio era más amplio y estaba dividido en distintas capas.

2017 August 11, “Tienda Avalon: La arena que aviva las fantasías”, in La Nacion:


relojito

Erodium cicutarium
Erodium cicutarium#Translingual


yagé

yage (hallucinogenic tea made from Ayahuasca)


rebollo

Quercus cerris
Quercus cerris#Translingual


manzanilla de Castilla

es-noun

manzanilla de Castilla f (plural manzanillas de Castilla)

Matricaria recutita
Matricaria recutita#Translingual


aulaga

Phono-semantic matching of Arabic جَوْلَق (jawlaq, “gorse, Ulex spp.”) based on the Romance substrate root *arg- related to thorns, compare Aragonese archelaga, archilaga, arxelaga, Catalan argelaga, argilaga, archilaga, French ajonc meaning Ulex, Medieval Latin argilāx, French argalou, Franco-Provençal argelas meaning the related Genista, and French argouse, Spanish arcosse, arcousse, Spanish árgoma, Occitan arnavés, arnives, Occitan arnavêou, argilac, Portuguese argaço, Asturian argaña, Leonese argaña, Spanish argaña, Old French argot → French ergot, Picard argaise, Spanish argaya, Galician argalla, Portuguese argalha, Galician argabazo, argubaxo, Portuguese argavaços, with various meanings related to thorny plants, and compare particularly Andalusian Arabic يُلَاقَة (yilā́qa), إِيلَاقُش (ʔilā́quš, “Calicotome”).

psm

Ulex europaeus
Ulex europaeus#Translingual


queñual

El panorama es tan abrumador que uno puede quedarse satisfecho solamente sentado sobre una piedra viendo al Huascarán, al Pisco, al Chacraraju y al Huandoy alzando en vilo al planeta, mientras uno comparte su existencia con queñuales y vizcachas.

2017 September 6, “Huaraz: caminando a la laguna 69”, in El Comercio:


mabe

Iriartella setigera, a South American palm tree.


taray

Of Arabic origin. Compare Spanish taraje.


leucaena

Leucaena leucocephala
Leucaena leucocephala#Translingual


balatá

→ English: balata

→ Polish: balata


siempreviva

From Latin sempervīvum, equivalent to siempre + viva.


adormidera

From adormir (“to cause to sleep”) + -dera.

España es el mayor productor de opio y paja de adormidera en el mundo, con 113 toneladas de equivalente de morfina anuales […]

2022 June 1, Manuel Ansede, Olivia López Bueno, “Los vampiros del opio: un temerario turismo por los pueblos de España en busca de morfina”, in El País:

Spain is the world's largest producer of opium and poppy straw, with 113 tons of morphine-equivalent per year […]


cerrillo

common thatching grass, Hyparrhenia hirta.


cabuyo

Agave americana
Agave americana#Translingual

(Ecuador) century plant (Agave americana)


papamoscas

Verb-object compound, composed of papa (“to gobble”) + moscas (“flies”).

es-verb-obj

Sweet William catchfly (Silene armeria), a flower.


chañar

Geoffroea decorticans, a small deciduous tree


albar

Betula pendula
Betula pendula#Translingual


cobertera

From the now rare or archaic cobertero, itself from Latin coopertōrium. See also cobertor.


achachairú

es-noun

achachairú m (plural achachairús or achachairúes)

achachairús (plural)
achachairúes (plural)

(Bolivia) Garcinia humilis (small tree grown for its fruit)


piñonero

es-adj

piñonero (feminine piñonera, masculine plural piñoneros, feminine plural piñoneras)

piñonera (feminine)
piñoneros (masculine plural)
piñoneras (feminine plural)


guapurú

es-noun

guapurú m (plural guapurús or guapurúes)

Presentaron unas chuletas de cordero de los valles cruceños sobre una cama de risotto tradicional al urucú, elaborado con queso fresco criollo, acompañado por vegetales de la estación y decorado con hilos de camote y de puerro, palmito fresco y un baño de salsa de guapurú.

2017 October 14, Alicia Bress Perrogón, “LA SUISSE”, in El Deber Bolivia:

Plinia cauliflora
Wikispecies:Plinia cauliflora

(Bolivia) jaboticaba (Plinia cauliflora, a fruit-bearing tree)


timbó

a species of tree, Enterolobium contortisiliquum


laricio

black pine; European black pine (Pinus nigra)


balancón

a species of shrub native to the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, and Morocco, taxonomic name Traganum moquinii


flamboyán

Delonix regia
Delonix regia#Translingual


serbal

From serba, from Latin sorba, plural of sorbum.


jaguarzo

Inherited from Old Spanish xaguarço, apparently borrowed from a Mozarabic *šaguarço, variant (with double-metathesis) of *šaugaçro, from Latin salicastrum. Doublet of sargazo (borrowed via Portuguese) and possibly of arcazón as well.


capulín

Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana#Translingual

bitter-berry, chokecherry (Prunus virginiana)


cebil

cebil (a South American tree (Anadenanthera colubrina), the bark of which contains tannin and is used in tanning hides)


nuegado

Bryonia dioica
Bryonia dioica#Translingual


patujú

hanging lobster claw
hanging lobster claw

Heliconia rostrata
Wikispecies:Heliconia rostrata

hanging lobster claw (Heliconia rostrata)


piñuela

Bromelia pinguin
Wikispecies:Bromelia pinguin


pachulí

patchouli (fragrance produced from this plant)


culebrera

Arum maculatum
Arum maculatum#Translingual


tepezcohuite

(Mexico) jurema or black jurema (Mimosa tenuiflora), a tree of Brazil and Central America, also known as jurema preta, calumbi (Brazil), carbonal, cabrera, and vinho de jurema


dama de noche

lady of the night orchid (Brassavola nodosa)


escajo

Of uncertain origin. Possibly from or linked to a Vulgar Latin *squaleus, from Latin squāleō or squālus. Cf. also Portuguese escalho, escalheiro, Asturian escayu, Romanian scai.


almendrón

From almendro (“almond tree”) + -ón (augmentative suffix).


papaloquelite

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl papaloquilitl from Classical Nahuatl pāpalōtl (“butterfly”) + Classical Nahuatl quilitl (“edible herb, greens”).

der

(Mexico) any of several culinary herbs in the genus Porophyllum, notable for a very strong, distinctive flavor reminiscent of cilantro


aristoloquia

Borrowed from Latin aristolochīa, from Ancient Greek ἀριστολόχεια (aristolókheia).

ἀριστολόχεια


mistol

Ziziphus mistol, a South American fruit tree.


curuba

From curubo (“passionflower vines”), of unclear origin, but as the plant is native to the Andes region (Peru, Bolivia, etc), a borrowing from an Amerindian language is likely.


chilamate

Borrowed from a Nahuan language. C.f. chile, amate.

(Costa Rica) snakelike fig (Ficus colubrinae)

name for various fig species:
snakelike fig (Ficus colubrinae)

En este recorrido de 800 metros tendrás la oportunidad de avistar orquídeas, bromelias que crecen junto a los inmensos árboles de chilamate, canelo, nogal y roble.

2018 May 27, “Cascada La Bujona, un encanto de la Reserva Natural Dantali-El Diablo”, in El Nuevo Diario, archived from the original on 2022-07-21:

(Costa Rica, Nicaragua) gouti fig (Ficus insipida)

name for various fig species:
gouti fig (Ficus insipida)

(Nicaragua) obtuseleaf fig (Ficus obtusifolia)

name for various fig species:
obtuseleaf fig (Ficus obtusifolia)

name for various fig species:
petiolate fig (Fius petiolaris)

(Costa Rica) Tonduz fig (Ficus tonduzii)

name for various fig species:
Tonduz fig (Ficus tonduzii)

(Costa Rica) Wercklé fig (Ficus werckleana)

name for various fig species:
Wercklé fig (Ficus werckleana)


frailejón

→ English: frailejon

Holonym: páramo

frailejon (any of the perennial shrubs in the genus Espeletia)


chupamieles

A plant of the genus Anchusa; bugloss, alkanet


milenrama

Achillea millefolium
Achillea millefolium#Translingual

common yarrow, milfoil (Achillea millefolium)


sebestén

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian سگپستان (sag-pestân, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) + پستان (pestân, “teat”).


vedegambre

Inherited from Old Spanish vedegambre, with dissimilation from an earlier *medegambre (cf. the attested Old Spanish megambre), from Latin medicāmine, singular ablative of medicāmen (or from the genitive medicāminis).


cuajinicuil

a tropical shade tree with edible fruit, Inga spuria, Inga jinicuil, or Inga edulis, of the family Fabaceae


almorta

Lathyrus sativus
Lathyrus sativus#Translingual

grass pea, chickling vetch (Lathyrus sativus)


camantigue

Impatiens balsamina
Impatiens balsamina#Translingual


romerillo

From romero (“rosemary”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

affix

any plant of a number of species, including:

(New Mexico) silver sage (Salvia argentea)


tepehuaje

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tepēhuāxin, from tepētl (“mountain”) + huāxin.


chontaduro

Bactris gasipaes
Bactris gasipaes#Translingual


urunday

a tree, Myracrodruon balansae (syn. Astronium balansae)


coyol

(colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico) testicle


caña agria

La caña agria ó canigre, es el nombre vulgar con que se conoce una planta silvestre que crece con bastante abundancia en los Estados de la frontera del Norte, así como en los limítrofes de los Estados Unidos que se encuentran del otro lado de la línea divisoria.

1893, “La Caña Agria”, in Boletin de agricultura, minería é industrias:

La caña agria, una vez machacado el tallo, se toma el jugo; se añade lancetilla y malva con corteza de limón: se prepara por la tarde y se serena luego, siendo buen remedio para las fuertes fiebres.

2005, Manuel Cebrian, La Clara Vision. Chamanismo Y Ayahuasca, page 309:

Los distintos matices del rojo, que es el color que más utilizaron, lo sacaban de algunos vegetales como la calderota, la caña agria, el almagre y la sangre de drago.

2011, Carlos Cárdenas Villarreal, Saltillo en la prehistoria, page 54:

Rumex hymenosepalus
Wikispecies:Rumex hymenosepalus


agracejo

Berberis vulgaris
Berberis vulgaris#Translingual


jenabe

From Andalusian Arabic الشِّنَاب (*aš-šináb), from Arabic صِنَاب (ṣināb).


tortilla de patata

es-noun

tortilla de patata f (plural tortillas de patata)


argaña

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *arganna.


estafiate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl [Term?].

Either of two ragweeds, Ambrosia artemisiifolia or Ambrosia psilostachya.

The silver wormwood, Artemisia ludoviciana.


frijolillo

From frijol (“bean”) + -illo (diminutive suffix).

suffix

Texas mescal bean (Dermatophyllum secundiflorum)


culantrillo

Adiantum capillus-veneris (black maidenhair fern)

Adiantum capillus-veneris
Adiantum capillus-veneris#Translingual


cacalosúchil

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl cācālōxōchitl, equivalent to cācālōtl (“crow”) + xōchitl (“flower”).


alcarceña

Borrowed from Arabic الكَرْسَنَّة (al-karsanna, “bitter vetch”), via Andalusian Arabic.

bor+

الكَرْسَنَّة

Vicia ervilia
Vicia ervilia#Translingual


urucú

Bixa orellana
Bixa orellana#Translingual

achiote, annatto (Bixa orellana plant, harvest, and dye)


mostajo

From a Vulgar Latin extension of Latin mustum (“must”), because of the berries being stored in must or tasting of wine. See Arabic مُشْتَهَى (muštahā) for cognates. Doublet of mostellar from Leonese mostellar.

Sorbus spp., especially common whitebeam (Aria edulis, syn. Sorbus aria)


barillo

(Honduras, El Salvador) a tree of species Calophyllum brasiliense


hierba mora

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈmo.ɾa]

[ˌɟ͡ʝeɾ.β̞a ˈmo.ɾa]

Sanguisorba minor
Sanguisorba minor#Translingual


carrasquilla

common name of various scrub plants, see Spanish Wikipedia


ocumo

arrowleaf elephant ear
arrowleaf elephant ear

Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Xanthosoma sagittifolium#Translingual

(Venezuela) arrowleaf elephant ear; Xanthosoma sagittifolium


alcohela

Borrowed from Arabic الكُحَيْلَاء (al-kuḥaylāʔ), via Andalusian Arabic.

الكُحَيْلَاء

Cichorium endivia
Cichorium endivia#Translingual

Borago officinalis
Borago officinalis#Translingual


cedoaria

Borrowed from Medieval Latin zedoārium, from Arabic جَدْوَار (jadwār), from Persian ژدوار (žadvâr).

Curcuma zedoaria
Curcuma zedoaria#Translingual


bisalto

Borrowed from Aragonese bisalto, from Mozarabic biššáuṭ, from Latin pisum sapidum.

(Aragon) pea; specifically the field pea, Pisum sativum subsp. arvense


tepeaguacate

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl tepētl (“mountain”) + āhuacatl (“avocado”).


tepecamote

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tepēcamohtli, equivalent to tepētl (“mountain”) + camohtli (“sweet potato”).

compound

(Jalisco) barbasco (Dioscorea composita)


flor del muerto

es-noun

flor del muerto f (plural flores del muerto)

Datura stramonium
Datura stramonium#Translingual

(Coahuila) manybristle cinchweed (Pectis papposa)

Tagetes erecta
Tagetes erecta#Translingual

(Chiapas, Tabasco, Valley of Mexico) Mexican marigold (Tagetes erecta)


beleño negro

Hyoscyamus niger
Hyoscyamus niger#Translingual

henbane; black henbane; stinking nightshade (Hyoscyamus niger)


rosa china

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis#Translingual

Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)


araguaney

Handroanthus chrysanthus
Handroanthus chrysanthus#Translingual

araguaney, common name for Handroanthus chrysanthus


alficoz

Borrowed from Arabic الفَقُّوس (al-faqqūs).


alarguez

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic أَرْغِيس (ʔarḡīs, “barberry”), a borrowing from Berber where arḡīs has been the bark of the root of barberry – azarġīnt the plant –, still present in the same form in Moroccan Arabic and Berber dialects.


cadillo

any of certain species of plants
corn buttercup (Ranunculus arvensis)

any of certain species of plants
puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)

Tribulus terrestris
Tribulus terrestris#Translingual


árbol del algodón

es-noun

árbol del algodón m (plural árboles del algodón)

Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba pentandra#Translingual

(Morelos, Mexico) kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)


mala mujer

a name for various plants, of different families, especially those that sting:

buffalobur nightshade (Solanum rostratum)

buffalobur nightshade
buffalobur nightshade

eastern poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans)

Toxicodendron radicans
Toxicodendron radicans#Translingual

Caracus wigandia (Wigandia urens, syn. Wigandia caracasana)


espartillo

grape hyacinth; common grape hyacinth (Muscari neglectum)


tabaiba

(Canarian) spurge, any of several plants of the genus Euphorbia


salvia real de México

salvia real de México f (plural salvias reales de México)


palquín de Chile

palquín de Chile m (plural palquines de Chile)


coihue blanco

coihue blanco m (plural coihues blancos)


roble blanco

(Chile) lenga beech (Nothofagus pumilio)


roble de Tierra del Fuego

roble de Tierra del Fuego f (plural robles de Tierra del Fuego)


coigüe de Magallanes

coigüe de Magallanes m (plural coigües de Magallanes)


huilco

Anadenanthera colubrina, a South American tree.


pino patagónico

pino patagónico m (plural pinos patagónicos)


pino araucano

pino araucano m (plural pinos araucanos)


pino araucaria

pino araucaria m (plural pinos araucarias)


lahuán

Patagonian cypress (Fitzroya cupressoides)


alerce patagónico

alerce patagónico m (plural alerces patagónicos)


ciprés de la Patagonia

ciprés de la Patagonia m (plural cipreses de la Patagonia)


chalote

Borrowed from French échalote, from Middle French eschalote, from Old French eschaloigne, from Latin ascalonia (cēpa) (literally “onion of Ascalon”). Doublet of escalonia.


cebolla escalonia

es-noun

cebolla escalonia f (plural cebollas escalonias)


herniaria

plant of the genus Herniaria; rupturewort.


peperina

Along with piperina, from Latin pipĕrem (“fruit of the pepper plant”).

der

(Argentina) Minthostachys spp., especially Minthostachys verticillata


chamcua

Uso de ramas de chamcua (Minthostachys mollis) o muña (Minthostachys andina) que funcionan como repelentes y también tienen efecto insecticida.

2007, Mario E. Tapia, Ana María Fries, Guía de los cultivos andinos, Lima: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación / Asociación Nacional de Productores Ecológicos del Perú, archived from the original on 2020-02-18, page 39:

Use of branches of chamcua (Minthostachys mollis) or muña (Minthostachys andina) that function as repellants and also have insecticide effect.


azufaifa

Borrowed from Arabic الزُفَيْزَف (az-zufayzaf, “jujube”), from Classical Syriac ܙܽܘܙܦܴܐ (zūzp̄ā), from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). Doublet of jínjol.


papalomé

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl pāpālōtl (“butterfly”) + metl (“agave”).

cog

(Mexico) butterfly agave (Agave potatorum)


melón de agua

es-noun

melón de agua m (plural melones de agua)

El melón de castilla […] y la Sandía ó melón de agua (Citrullus vulgaris) son especies diferentes de la familia de las Cucurbitaceas que aunque comprendidas entre las plantas de huerta, son susceptibles de ser sometidas al cultivo en grande escala.

1901, Cuba. Junta de la Exposición de Buffalo, Cuba en la Exposición pan americana de Buffalo, 1901, page 67:

The Christmas melon […] and the watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) are different species of the family of Cucurbitaceas that although included among garden plants, are susceptible to large-scale cultivation.

Estudiamos en este capítulo solamente el melón de agua perteneciente a la familia de las Cucurbitaceas y designado en la ciencia con el nombre de Citrullus vulgaris. Las otras variedades […] no está tan extendido su uso como el mélon de agua […].

1916, Cuba. Secretaría de Agricultura, Comercio y Trabajo, Miscellaneous Publications, page 41:

In this chapter we are studying only the watermelon belonging to the family of the Cucurbitaceas and designated by science with the name Citrullus vulgaris. The other varieties […] do not have as extended a use as the watermelon.

Los melones se dividen en dos clases: Melón de Castilla y Melón de Agua, y cada uno de éstos en varias clases. […] Entre los melones de agua el “Kleckly Sweet” y “Sweetheart” para uso doméstico[…]

1916, Economic Entomology: Pamphlets, page 57:

Melons are divided into two classes: Christmas Melon and Watermelon, and each one of these into various classes. […] Among the watermelons, the “Kleckly Sweet” and “Sweetheart” for domestic use […]

En la Península se pueden dividir las variedades del melón en dos grandes grupos: melón de agua ó sandía y melón simplemente de color ó de azúcar, que es la otra variedad.

2008 01, Er Faveri, Albert Larbalétrier, MANUAL DEL HORTELANO. LAS LEGUMBRES, Editorial MAXTOR, →ISBN, page 103:

On the Peninsula the varieties of melon can be divided into two large groups: watermelon and muskmelon, which is the other variety.


cabello de ángel

cabello de ángel m (plural cabellos de ángel)

Calque of Catalan cabell d'àngel; literally, "angel's hair".


pericón

the accompanying music to the above dance


tabaraste gato

tabaraste gato m (plural tabarastes gatos)

(Canarian) a plant of species Dipcadi serotinum


tajinaste

(Canarian) any of several plants of the genus Echium


ajenuz

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الشَّنُوز (aš-šanūz), Standard شُونِيز (šūnīz).


tamujo

Together with Portuguese tamujo from Vulgar Latin, an ancient Berber borrowing. Occurs in Latin Tamugadis ~ Thamugadi, name of a town on the Eastern Algerian coast the ruins of which are now known as Timgad.


fruta de pan

(Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) breadfruit


fruto del árbol del pan

es-noun

fruto del árbol del pan m (plural frutos del árbol del pan)


caldén

Prosopis caldenia (tree native to Argentina)


frutabomba

Para muchos jubilados, amas de casa o personas con discapacidad cuyos ingresos no alcanzan para mantener una alimentación variada y adecuada, la oferta de arroz, potaje de frijoles negros, picadillo de chorizo, pollo guisado, dulce de frutabomba, pan y café, por un peso, podría ser solo un anhelo.

2017 March 13, “¿Servir comida y ya?”, in Juventud Rebelde:


pitiona

El procedimiento consiste en "barrer” el cuerpo del enfermo con una ramo de ciertas especies vegetales, tales como el saúco (se emplean 13 cogollos) y la pitiona.

1994, Virginia Mellado Campos, La medicina tradicional de los pueblos indígenas de México:

(Mexico) Lippia alba (flowering plant used in cooking and traditional medicine)


hortelana

any of a number of plants in the mint family


ají morrón

ají morrón m (plural ajís morrones or ajíes morrones)

ajís morrones (plural)
ajíes morrones (plural)

(Cuba, Dominican Republic) bell pepper, sweet pepper


chile morrón

(El Salvador, Honduras) bell pepper, sweet pepper


chile dulce

(Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras) bell pepper, sweet pepper


cebolla albarrana

cebolla albarrana f (plural cebollas albarranas)


matarratón

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + ratón (“mouse”).


parota

monkey-ear tree, elephant-ear tree (Enterolobium cyclocarpum)


pinillo

any of a number of relatively small plants


cardo azul

Cognate with Basque kardu urdin, French chardon bleu, Occitan cardon blu.

Mediterranean sea holly (Eryngium bourgatii Gouan)


huingán

Borrowed from its name in Mapudungun huingan (/wiʔan/).

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.

1952, Enrique Lafourcade, Pena de muerte, Zig-Zag, published 1974, page 155:

(Chile) pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Chilean pepper tree (Schinus polygama))


ajonje

Unknown, identical to Catalan llonja, alonja (“vegetal matter to make birdlime when mixed with resinous substrate”). Hardly related to ajonjolí since this Arabism lacks in Catalan and the composite plant, to which the meaning of birdlime is secondary, has no commonality with sesame. Latin axungia (“lard”) has other descendants.


alfilerillo

→ English: alfilerillo


chual

Chenopodium album
Chenopodium album#Translingual


neneo

a bush (Azorella prolifera, syn. Mulinum spinosum)


dragontea

From Late Latin dracontēa, from Classical Latin dracontēus (“of a serpent”, adjective).

der

Dracunculus vulgaris
Dracunculus vulgaris#Translingual


cascalote

Caesalpinia coriaria
Caesalpinia coriaria#Translingual

Vachellia farnesiana
Vachellia farnesiana#Translingual


quinchoncho

No me ocupo de las caraotas negras, porque la importancia concedida a éstas, al igual que el consumo del quinchoncho, eran vistos por los cumaneses de mi recuerdos como signos de la elementalidad gastronómica de los caraqueños, ignorantes del frijol margariteño cultvado en los bajos del Orinoco.

2019 December 15, “Caracas desde la provincia, en Mi cocina, a la manera de Caracas, de Armando Scannone”, in El Nacional:


colca

(Ecuador, Peru) general term for members of Melastomataceae spp.

shrub (M. papillosa); endemic to Ecuador.


remolacha azucarera

es-noun

remolacha azucarera f (plural remolachas azucareras)


sálamo

madroño[w:Nicoya|Nicoya]], Guanacaste), Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama>

(Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua) lemonwood, lancewood (Calycophyllum candidissimum)


mansega

great fen-sedge, swamp sawgrass (Cladium mariscus)


quillay

→ English: quillai


cardencha

[kaɾˈð̞ẽnʲ.t͡ʃa]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cardincula, from Latin carduus.

any of a number of plants. See Spanish Wikipedia


damajagua

a flowering plant, Hibiscus pernambucensis


búgula

Ajuga reptans
Ajuga reptans#Translingual


jobo

Spondias mombin
Spondias mombin#Translingual


chaguar

[t͡ʃaˈɣ̞waɾ]


rompe saragüey

rompe saragüey m (plural rompes saragüeyes)

(Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba) Christmas bush or Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata)


espino blanco

espino blanco m (plural espinos blancos)


guaylulo

→ English: Huayruro, huayruro

→ German: Huairuro


chuquil

En los lados de los caminos florece la ratania y distribuye su olor viroso la cicuta; en la valle se destaca entre los granates papelillos, el chuquíl^([sic]), vestido de rosa pálido; la jacarandá, todo de violeta; la cervera peruana, de verde brillante y amarillo; en consorcio con el guaylulo (jequerití) y el chaquirón, tan buscados por sus frutos para adorno; y el resto de la flora arbórea y deshojada está cubierto de musgos, líquenes y cardos parásitos.

1904 March 31, Juan Ugaz, “Río Lambayeque”, in Boletín de la Sociedad Geográfica de Lima, volume 15, page 75:

By the sides of the paths there blossoms rhatany and hemlock deals its strong smell; in the vale there it stands out between the leafy garnets, the Andean wax palm (Ceroxylon parvifrons), vested by pale pink, jacaranda, all violet; the Peruan Cerbera; of brillant green and yellow; jointly with jequirity and “conch tree”, so sought for its fruits to adorn; and the rest of the arboreal and leafless flora is covered by mosses, lichens and parasits thistles.


isuate

(Mexico) a species of palm tree, Brahea dulcis


zoyate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zoyatl (“palm”).


iquimite

(Mexico) flame coral tree, Erythrina coralloides


zompancle

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tzontli + pantli.


cuauetecomate

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl cuahuitl + tecomatl.

Crescentia cujete
Crescentia cujete#Translingual

(Nicaragua) calabash tree (Crescentia cujete)


cidracayote

Citrullus lanatus
Citrullus lanatus#Translingual


capulí

any of a small number of plants found in the Americas


gayuba

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi#Translingual

a plant, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; bearberry


platanillo

any of a number of plants, see Spanish Wikipedia


mañío

any of a number of conifers in the Podocarpus genus


botoncillo

any member of a number of plant species:

Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea cyanus#Translingual

Centaurea cyanus (cornflower, bachelor's button)

Sphagneticola trilobata (Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye)


chilco

Baccharis linearifolia subsp. chilco (syn. Baccharis chilco)

Baccharis salicifolia subsp. salisifolia (syn. Baccharis fevillei, mule's fat, mule fat, seepwillow, water wally

any of a number of plants:
of genus Baccharis:
Baccharis latifolia

any of a number of plants:
of genus Baccharis:
Baccharis macrantha

any of a number of plants:
of genus Baccharis:
Baccharis prunifolia


viborera

any of various plants, especially of the genus Echium (buglosses)


lechía

→ Tagalog: litsiyas

From Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi) + -a. See also Portuguese lichia.

En nuestro Vicariato Central, y en la parte de la provincia Son-Tày que pertenece al Septentrional, hay abundancia del dimocarpus lichi ó lechías grandes. De las lechías grandes hay tres ó cuatro especies, unas ordinarias, otras cuya pepita es muy pequeña y tienen mucha carne; de esta especie es de la que en la cosecha ofrecen al Rey, es muy estimada.

1891, Imprenta del Real Colegio de Santo Tomás, El Correo sino-annamita ó correspondencia de las misiones del sagrado órden de predicadores en Formosa, China, Tung-King y Filipinas:


cucharo

a tree, Myrsine guianensis, syn. Rapanea guianensis


tabaquillo

any of a number of plants with nothing special about them


agrillo

es-adj

agrillo (feminine agrilla, masculine plural agrillos, feminine plural agrillas)

agrilla (feminine)
agrillos (masculine plural)
agrillas (feminine plural)

Los vinos naturalmente ácidos ó agrillos, como el chacoli y otros, son picantes, y muchas veces producen cólicos, particularmente a las personas que no están acostumbradas á su uso.

1864, Pedro Felipe Monlau, Elementos de higiene privada o Arte de conservar la salud del individuo, page 240:

Naturally acidic or sourish wines, such as txakoli and others, are pungent, and oftentimes cause colic, especially in people unaccustomed to using them.


garambullo

bilberry cactus (Myrtillocactus geometrizans)


carqueja

any of the genus Baccharis of broom-like plants, native to South America, in particular of species:

Baccharis genistelloides (syn. Baccharis trimera)

Genista tridentata, native to the Iberian peninsula

Ulex europaeus (gorse), native to Europe

Ulex europaeus
Ulex europaeus#Translingual


alhábega

From Arabic الحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”). Compare Catalan alfàbrega or alfàbega.


palo santo

desc

خَشَب القَدِّيسِين

→ Arabic: خَشَب القَدِّيسِين (ḵašab al-qaddīsīn) (calque)

→ English: palo santo

guaiacwood, holywood lignumvitae (Guaiacum sanctum and trees and wood of other species of genus Guaiacum

Gonopterodendron sarmientoi, until recently called Bulnesia sarmientoi

Diospyros kaki … palo santo … También se usa como patrón el palo santo de Virginia (Diospyros virginiana) y el palo santo chino (Diospyros lotus).

1994, Frans Geilfus, El árbol al servicio del agricultor: manual de agroforestería para el desarrollo rural. Volumen 2. Guía de especies, Turrialba, Costa Rica, page 77:

(Argentina, dated) Dasyphyllum diacanthoides, earlier called Flotovia diacanthoides

(obsolete, Philippines) santol, apparently a phono-semantic matching of Tagalog santol (Sandoricum ternatum syn. Sandoricum vidalii and Sandoricum venosum, Sandoricum koetjape)

(possibly obsolete, a plant that only exists in central Chile) Porlieria higrometrica

(one rare species within its genus found in Puerto Rico) Ocotea foeniculacea


ericácea

heath or heather, a plant in the family Ericaceae


garbancillo

any of a number of plants - see Spanish Wikipedia


saladillo

sea plantain, seaside plantain, or goosetongue (Plantago maritima)


pac-choy

Borrowed from Cantonese 白菜 (baak6 coi3).


zagua

Though the Andalusian Arabic is unattested, this Castilian form exposes typical Andalusian Spanish developments, avowing itself to be from a variant of Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ) as well as synonymously used Catalan sosa whence sosa and Italian soda whence soda.


proteácea

any of the flowering plants of family Proteaceae


cardenilla

a plant, Globularia alypum (globe daisy)


escilóidea

any plant of the Scilloideae subfamily of hyacinths and their close relatives


érico

Prunella vulgaris
Prunella vulgaris#Translingual


ajonjera

any of several species of thistles or thistle-like plants in family Asteraceae:

pine thistle (Chamaeleon gummifer, syn. Atractylis gummifera)

curly plumeless thistle
curly plumeless thistle

curly plumeless thistle (Carduus crispus)

stemless carline thistle (Carlina acaulis)

Chondrilla juncea
Chondrilla juncea#Translingual


rocío del sol

sundew (A carniverous plant of the genus Drosera)


árbol del amor

es-noun

árbol del amor m (plural árboles del amor)


árbol de Judas

árbol de Judas m (plural árboles de Judas)


colubaria

common globe daisy (Globularia vulgaris)


haya antártica

haya antártica m (plural hayas antárticas)


trompillo

any member of a number of plant species:

Guarea guidonia (muskwood), of the tropical Americas.

Cistus ladanifer (gum rockrose, labdanum, common gum cistus, brown-eyed rockrose), of coastal regions of the western Mediterranean.

Solanum elaeagnifolium (silverleaf nightshade, silver-leaved nightshade)

silverleaf nightshade
silverleaf nightshade

silver-leaved nightshade
silver-leaved nightshade

Thunbergia alata (black-eyed Susan vine), of tropical Africa.


peteribí

peteribí m (plural peteribís or peteribíes)


corrigüela

Convolvulus althaeoides (mallow bindweed)

any plant of one of a few species
Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed)

Convolvulus arvensis
Convolvulus arvensis#Translingual

any plant of one of a few species
Polygonum aviculare (common knotgrass)

Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum aviculare#Translingual


chachí

Los chachíes o helechos arborescentes pertenecen a especies de los géneros Trichipteris, Nephelea y Dicksonia y sufren una continua tala para fabricar planteras o dejar sitio para diversos cultivos como el del té

1996, Juan Carlos Chebez, Fauna misionera, Buenos Aires: L.O.L.A., →ISBN, page 23:

Algunos autores como Martinez Crovetto (1963) atribuyeron a estas selvas particularidades botánicas como la mayor abundancia de helechos arborescentes o Chachíes (Trichipteris, Alsophyla y Dicksonia) por lo cual se denominó al Distrito como de los Helechos Arborescentes, aunque otros autores lo atribuyen al relativo mejor estado de conservación.

2004, A. R. Giraudo, H. Povedano, “Avifauna de la región biogeográfica Paranaense o Atlántica Interior de Argentina”, in Miscelánea, volume 12, Tucumán: Instituto Superior de Correlación Geológica, →ISSN, page 337:

En este estrato aparecen varias especies de helechos arborescentes, los chachíes, como el chachí macho (Alsophila setosa) y el chachí manso o hembra (Dicksonia sellowiana).

2011, M. R. Kostlin, L. A. Kostlin, N. Olalla, “El Yvyraretá: la Selva Misionera (Argentina)”, in Ciência & Ambiente, number 42, Universidade Federal Santa Maria, →ISSN, page 21:

Esta conífera nativa caracteriza la selva montana en la porción noreste de Misiones, con la presencia de densos sotobosques de chachíes (helechos arborescentes).

2013, L. Negrete, F. Brusa, M. C. Damborenea, “Nocturnas, predadoras y desconocidas”, in Vida Silvestre, number 125, Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina, →ISSN, page 18:

(Argentina) any of various South American tree ferns, including species of the genera Cyathea (syn. Trichipteris), Alsophila (syn. Nephelea), and Dicksonia

Antonio Ruiz de Montoya
Tesoro de la lengua guaraní


algarrobillo

any of a number of plants: See Wikipedia


cuernecillo

Lotus corniculatus
Lotus corniculatus#Translingual

common birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)


raspalengua

Rubia tinctorum
Rubia tinctorum#Translingual


pelú

a tree found in Chile, Sophora cassioides


yabuna

brownseed paspalum (Paspalum plicatulum)


arce sicomoro

arce sicomoro m (plural arces sicomoros)

sycamore maple; sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)


habín

a plant that is a source of fish-killing poisons (Piscidia grandifolia)


perdudilla

certain globe amaranths (Gomphrena spp.)


ibirapitá

a tree, Peltophorum dubium, found in central South America


lavándula

Borrowed from New Latin lavandula, itself from Italian lavanda (“lavender”).


araar

From Arabic عَرْعَر (ʕarʕar, “juniper”).

El araar, el árbol nacional de Malta, es una conífera adaptada a la sequía, a menudo de aspecto desordenado, copa poco densa y con unas inconfundibles hojas escuamiformes, como si fueran minúsculas escamas.

2016, Antonio Madridejos, “El araar de los jardines de Pedralbes”, in elPeriódico:

The sandarac tree, the national tree of Malta, is a drought-adapted conifer, often chaotic in appearance, with a sparse crown and distinct scale-like leaves, similar to tiny scales.

Tetraclinis articulata
Tetraclinis articulata#Translingual

Tetraclinis articulata, the sandarac tree


huaje

any plant of the following species:
Leucaena leucocephala (white popinac)

Leucaena leucocephala
Leucaena leucocephala#Translingual

any plant of the following species:
Lagenaria siceraria (bottle gourd)

Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual

any plant of the following species:
Crescentia cujete (calabash tree)

Crescentia cujete
Crescentia cujete#Translingual


rabaniza

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris#Translingual

Certain plants
white rocket (Diplotaxis erucoides)


sobralia

Al amparo de los chorros crecen las sobralias, orquídeas que viven vidas cortas de un día pero ofrecen belleza como si fueran eternas.

2018 June 23, Ovidio Muñoz, “Tinta Fresca: El Rincón de la Dabaiba”, in La Nación (Costa Rica):


cardoncito

a species of cactus found in Brazil (Cereus aethiops)


tagarnina

→ Catalan: tagarnina

→ Galician: tagarnina

Borrowed during the times of Arab Spain from Berber, found in Kabyle lqeṛnun (collective), taqeṛnunt (singulative), a form which has been brought into Afroasiatic triconsonantal root morphology from Medieval Latin carlina, cardina, carduina, reinvention of carduus + -īna.

Scolymus hispanicus
Scolymus hispanicus#Translingual

common golden thistle (Scolymus hispanicus)


huarango

Borrowed from Quechua waranqu (“acacia”).

bor+

American carob (Prosopis pallida), a tree found from Colombia to Peru


balsamita

any of a number of plants of the genus Tanacetum


bermejuela

Erica cinerea
Erica cinerea#Translingual


chilladora

any of various plants of the genus Chuquiraga, found in equatorial western South America


tunilla

Archidasyphyllum excelsum (syn. Dasyphyllum excelsum), found in central Chile, unusual for being a tree in family Asteraceae, which almost exclusively consists of forbs


tayú del norte

es-noun

tayú del norte m (plural tayús del norte or tayúes del norte)

tayús del norte (plural)
tayúes del norte (plural)

a tree (Archidasyphyllum excelsum, syn. Dasyphyllum excelsum) of family Asteraceae


mirobálano

Borrowed from Latin myrobalanus, from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos).

myrobalan (Prunus cerasifera tree and plum-like fruit from this tree)


carmona

pond water-crowfoot, Ranunculus peltatus


mandacaru

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese mandacaru, borrowed from Old Tupi nhamandakaru.


caobilla

fine-leaf wadara, a tree of species Couratari guianensis

Any of various trees of the genus Tapirira


sardineta

stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium vulvaria)


flor de Santa Lucía

es-noun

flor de Santa Lucía f (plural flores de Santa Lucía)


ensalada de frutas

ensalada de frutas f (plural ensaladas de frutas)


lirio de los valles

lirio de los valles m (plural lirios de los valles)


flor de la maravilla

flor de la maravilla f (plural flores de la maravilla)


engordacabra

Verb-object compound, composed of engorda (“to fatten”) + cabra (“goat”).


mata de la seda

es-noun

mata de la seda f (plural matas de la seda)

narrow leaf cotton bush
narrow leaf cotton bush

narrow leaf cotton bush (Gomphocarpus fruticosus)


árbol del caucho

árbol del caucho m (plural árboles del caucho)


berenjena etíope

berenjena etíope f (plural berenjenas etíopes)

Ethiopian eggplant (Solanum aethiopicum)


berenjena africana

berenjena africana f (plural berenjenas africanas)


ciprés de Cartagena

ciprés de Cartagena m (plural cipreses de Cartagena)


corona de rey

Various plants
Pot marigold, Calendula officinalis

Calendula officinalis
Calendula officinalis#Translingual

Various plants
Alypo globe daisy, Globularia alypum

Various plants
Birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus

Various plants
Camomile, Matricaria recutita

Matricaria recutita
Matricaria recutita#Translingual

Various plants
Sea daffodil, Pancratium maritimum

Pyrenean saxifrage, Saxifraga longifolia


rosa de Jericó

rosa de Jericó f (plural rosas de Jericó)

rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica)


cabeza de perro

cabeza de perro f (plural cabezas de perro)


lengua de perro

lengua de perro f (plural lenguas de perro)

hound's tongue; houndstooth; dog's tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)


perejil de perro

perejil de perro m (plural perejiles de perro)


diente de perro

diente de perro m (plural dientes de perro)

dog's-tooth-violet; dog-tooth violet (Erythronium dens-canis), endemic in much of Europe.


borrachero

From borracho (“drunk”) + -ero, from its hallucinogenic properties.


lechuga iceberg

lechuga iceberg f (plural lechugas iceberg)

[leˌt͡ʃu.ɣ̞a i.θeˈβ̞eɾɣ̞]

A pesar de la introducción de ensaladas embolsadas precortadas, el consumo de lechuga iceberg declinó en la década pasada.

2011 February 8, Adel A. Kader, Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, →ISBN, page 11:

Despite the introduction of bagged, pre-cut salads, the consumption of iceberg lettuce declined in the past decade.


tortilla francesa

tortilla francesa f (plural tortillas francesas)


cedro de España

cedro de España m (plural cedros de España)

Juniperus oxycedrus
Juniperus oxycedrus#Translingual

cade, cade juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus)


cedro del Líbano

cedro del Líbano m (plural cedros del Líbano)


árbol del pan

árbol del pan m (plural árboles del pan)


jazmín de España

jazmín de España m (plural jazmines de España)


pepino del diablo

pepino del diablo m (plural pepinos del diablo)

Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium#Translingual

squirting cucumber; exploding cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)


leche de gallina

leche de gallina f (plural leches de gallina)

star-of-Bethlehem, especially Ornithogalum pyrenaicum or Ornithogalum umbellatum.


leche de pájaro

leche de pájaro f (plural leches de pájaro)

leche de gallina
leche de gallina#Spanish


caña de Indias

caña de Indias f (plural cañas de Indias)


patata de caña

patata de caña f (plural patatas de caña)

LL-Q1321 (spa)-Millars-patata de caña.wav

Helianthus tuberosus
Helianthus tuberosus#Translingual

Jerusalem artichoke. sunchoke (Helianthus tuberosus)


castaño de Indias

castaño de Indias m (plural castaños de Indias)

Aesculus hippocastanum
Aesculus hippocastanum#Translingual


caña de Batavia

caña de Batavia f (plural cañas de Batavia)

Saccharum officinarum
Saccharum officinarum#Translingual

A species of sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)


higuera de Indias

higuera de Indias f (plural higueras de Indias)

Opuntia ficus-indica
Opuntia ficus-indica#Translingual

Indian fig opuntia (Opuntia ficus-indica)


árbol del paraíso

árbol del paraíso m (plural árboles del paraíso)

Melia azedarach
Melia azedarach#Translingual

chinaberry tree, pride of India (Melia azedarach)


palo de Campeche

palo de Campeche m (plural palos de Campeche)

logwood, campeche logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum)


árbol del cielo

árbol del cielo m (plural árboles del cielo)

Ailanthus altissima
Ailanthus altissima#Translingual


ocozol

Liquidambar styraciflua
Liquidambar styraciflua#Translingual

The sweet gum tree, Liquidambar styraciflua.


espuela de caballero

espuela de caballero f (plural espuelas de caballero)

forking larkspur; rocket-larkspur; field larkspur Consolida regalis


olotón

A tall variety of maize originating from Sierra Mixe, notable for harboring nitrogen-fixing bacteria.


flor del viento

flor del viento f (plural flores del viento)


anamú

guinea hen weed, anamu, Petiveria alliacea.


falso castaño

falso castaño m (plural falsos castaños)


calle-calle

New Zealand satin flower (Libertia chilensis)


cebolla de verdeo

cebolla de verdeo f (plural cebollas de verdeo)

Allium fistulosum
Allium fistulosum#Translingual

(Argentina, Uruguay) Allium fistulosum; the green onion.


bandera española

bandera española f (plural banderas españolas)

Asclepias curassavica
Asclepias curassavica

Asclepias curassavica (tropical milkweed)

Lantana camara
Lantana camara#Translingual


bambú sagrado

bambú sagrado m (plural bambús sagrados or bambúes sagrados)

bambús sagrados (plural)
bambúes sagrados (plural)


pata de buey

Brazilian orchid tree
Brazilian orchid tree


pezuña de vaca

pezuña de vaca f (plural pezuñas de vaca)


sarandí blanco

sarandí blanco m (plural sarandís blancos or sarandíes blancos)

sarandís blancos (plural)
sarandíes blancos (plural)

Phyllanthus sellowianus, a South American tree.


zapallo criollo

zapallo criollo m (plural zapallos criollos)


bolsa del pastor

bolsa del pastor f (plural bolsas del pastor)

Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris#Translingual

shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris).


hierba de cuchillo

hierba de cuchillo f (plural hierbas de cuchillo)


lengua de buey

lengua de buey f (plural lenguas de buey)


sello de Salomón

sello de Salomón m (plural sellos de Salomón)


pepino de relleno

pepino de relleno m (plural pepinos de relleno)


hierba callera

hierba callera f (plural hierbas calleras)


caigua

→ English: caigua

Cyclanthera pedata, a South American vine cultivated for its fruit.


reina de los prados

reina de los prados f (plural reinas de los prados)

Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria#Translingual

meadowsweet, queen of the meadow, mead wort (Filipendula ulmaria)


rosa de alabastro

rosa de alabastro f (plural rosas de alabastro)

The Mexican snowball, Echeveria elegans.


chupalla

Fascicularia bicolor, a Chilean bromeliad.


milgrana

Inherited from Latin mīlle grāna (“one thousand grains”).


berceo

Celtica gigantea (syn. Stipa gigantea), the giant needle grass.


clavel lanudo

es-noun

clavel lanudo m (plural claveles lanudos)


trébol encarnado

trébol encarnado m (plural tréboles encarnados)


trébol blanco

trébol blanco m (plural tréboles blancos)


trébol violeta

trébol violeta m (plural tréboles violeta or tréboles violetas)

tréboles violeta (plural)
tréboles violetas (plural)


sauce ceniciento

sauce ceniciento m (plural sauces cenicientos)


sauce cabruno

sauce cabruno m (plural sauces cabrunos)


mezquite dulce

mezquite dulce m (plural mezquites dulces)


eucalipto robusto

eucalipto robusto m (plural eucaliptos robustos)


sarandí

sarandí m (plural sarandís or sarandíes)


pimentero brasileño

pimentero brasileño m (plural pimenteros brasileños)

Brazilian pepper tree
Brazilian pepper tree


turbinto

[t̪uɾˈβ̞ĩn̪.t̪o]

California pepper tree
California pepper tree


chachacoma

A shrub of tree of high Andean forests (Escallonia resinosa)


chaquiro

Podocarpus oleifolius, a conifer of Central America and the northern Andes.


pino colombiano

pino colombiano m (plural pinos colombianos)


lentisco del Perú

lentisco del Perú m (plural lentiscos del Perú)

Schinus molle
Schinus molle#Translingual


lengua de gato

lengua de gato f (plural lenguas de gato)

cat's tongue (buttery cookie or chocolate delicacy shaped like a cat's tongue)


quimafila

wintergreen, plant of the genus Chimaphila.


álamo plateado

álamo plateado m (plural álamos plateados)


arce plateado

arce plateado m (plural arces plateados)


ojo de poeta

The black-eyed Susan vine, Thunbergia alata.


matapalo

Any of a number of plants. To name just one, there's the narrow leaf fig (Ficus longifolia)


iquide

The Chilean hard fern, Parablechnum cordatum.


pestaña de mula

pestaña de mula f (plural pestañas de mula)

Heliocarpus americanus, a tree of South and Central America.


ombligo de Venus

ombligo de Venus m (plural ombligos de Venus)

Umbilicus rupestris
Umbilicus rupestris#Translingual

navelwort, pennywort; plant of genus Umbilicus, especially Umbilicus rupestris.


costilla de vaca

costilla de vaca f (plural costillas de vaca)


raíz del traidor

raíz del traidor f (plural raíces del traidor)

Alkanna tinctoria
Alkanna tinctoria#Translingual


azote de Cristo

azote de Cristo m (plural azotes de Cristo)

The Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata.


pepinillo del diablo

pepinillo del diablo m (plural pepinillos del diablo)


amor al uso

Cercis siliquastrum
Cercis siliquastrum#Translingual


pino salado

The tamarisk, any of the shrubs and trees of the genus Tamarix


pasto de terciopelo

pasto de terciopelo m (plural pastos de terciopelo)


flor de terciopelo

flor de terciopelo f (plural flores de terciopelo)

Celosia argentea var. cristata#Translingual

The cockscomb, Celosia argentea var. cristata


maravilla del campo

maravilla del campo f (plural maravillas del campo)

Flourensia thurifera, a South American tarwort.


salvia blanca

salvia blanca f (plural salvias blancas)


cruz de Jerusalén

cruz de Jerusalén f (plural cruces de Jerusalén)


guisante de olor

guisante de olor m (plural guisantes de olor)


retama de olor

retama de olor f (plural retamas de olor)

Spartium junceum
Spartium junceum#Translingual

Spanish broom, rush broom (Spartium junceum)


oreja de ratón

oreja de ratón f (plural orejas de ratón)

mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum)


pino carrasco

pino carrasco m (plural pinos carrascos)


pino canario

The Canary Island pine, Pinus canariensis.


serbal de los cazadores

serbal de los cazadores m (plural serbales de los cazadores)


maravilla silvestre

maravilla silvestre f (plural maravillas silvestres)


ipecacuana de la Carolina

ipecacuana de la Carolina f (plural ipecacuanas de la Carolina)


chicajol

Ageratina ligustrina, the privet-leaved snakeroot.


palo boniato

Rauvolfia tetraphylla, the devil-pepper.


bonetero

Euonymus europaeus
Euonymus europaeus#Translingual


zanahoria silvestre

zanahoria silvestre f (plural zanahorias silvestres)


hepática blanca

hepática blanca f (plural hepáticas blancas)


eléboro negro

eléboro negro m (plural eléboros negros)


perejil gigante

perejil gigante m (plural perejiles gigantes)


trompeta de ángel

trompeta de ángel f (plural trompetas de ángel)

angel's trumpet; a plant of the genus Brugmansia.


rosa de Navidad

rosa de Navidad f (plural rosas de Navidad)


cariaquito morado

cariaquito morado m (plural cariaquitos morados)


nabo del diablo

nabo del diablo m (plural nabos del diablo)

hemlock water dropwort, Oenanthe crocata.


capulí cimarrón

capulí cimarrón m (plural capulís cimarrones or capulíes cimarrones)

capulís cimarrones (plural)
capulíes cimarrones (plural)


felandrio acuático

felandrio acuático m (plural felandrios acuáticos)

fine-leaved water dropwort, Oenanthe aquatica


aroma de laguna

aroma de laguna m (plural aromas de laguna)


lirio de Siberia

lirio de Siberia m (plural lirios de Siberia)


laurel cerezo

laurel cerezo m (plural laureles cerezo)


pasto estrella

pasto estrella m (plural pastos estrella)

African bermudagrass, Cynodon nlemfuensis.


plumero amarillo

plumero amarillo m (plural plumeros amarillos)


árbol de santa Lucía

árbol de santa Lucía m (plural árboles de santa Lucía)


ñangapirí

ñangapirí m (plural ñangapirís or ñangapiríes)

ñangapirís (plural)
ñangapiríes (plural)


satirión

Borrowed from Latin satyrion, from Ancient Greek σατύριον (satúrion).


genciana nival

genciana nival f (plural gencianas nivales)


secuoya roja

Sequoia sempervirens
Sequoia sempervirens#Translingual

The coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens.


cebadilla criolla

cebadilla criolla f (plural cebadillas criollas)


duraznillo negro

duraznillo negro m (plural duraznillos negros)


arbusto de las mariposas

arbusto de las mariposas m (plural arbustos de las mariposas)


cariaquito

Any of a number of plants of the Lanta genus; lantana or shrub verbena


calta palustre

calta palustre f (plural caltas palustres)


helecho macho

helecho macho m (plural helechos machos)


toronjil morado

toronjil morado m (plural toronjiles morados)

Mexican giant hyssop, Agastache mexicana


cardo mariano

cardo mariano m (plural cardos marianos)

Silybum marianum
Silybum marianum#Translingual


pino carrasqueño

pino carrasqueño m (plural pinos carrasqueños)


menta coreana

menta coreana f (plural mentas coreanas)


sabina negral

sabina negral f (plural sabinas negrales)

Juniperus phoenicea
Juniperus phoenicea#Translingual


lenteja de agua

lenteja de agua f (plural lentejas de agua)


terriago

South American traveller's palm, Phenakospermum guayannense


helecho de agua

helecho de agua m (plural helechos de agua)


mimbrera blanca

mimbrera blanca f (plural mimbreras blancas)

Salix viminalis
Salix viminalis#Translingual


canela blanca

canela blanca f (plural canelas blancas)

cinnamon bark, pepper cinnamon, Canella winterana.


trihue

Peruvian nutmeg, Chilean laurel, Laurelia sempervirens.


laurel chileno

laurel chileno m (plural laureles chilenos)


helecho hembra

helecho hembra m (plural helechos hembras)


queule

a tree found in Chile, of species Gomortega keule


calaguala

Any of various ferns of the polypody family.


belloto del sur

belloto del sur m (plural bellotos del sur)

Beilschmiedia berteroana, a Chilean tree.


chagropanga

[t͡ʃa.ɣ̞ɾoˈpãŋ.ɡa]

Diplopterys cabrerana, a South American bush.


quebracho blanco

quebracho blanco m (plural quebrachos blancos)

white quebracho (Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco)


tembetarí

tembetarí m (plural tembetarís or tembetaríes)

tembetarís (plural)
tembetaríes (plural)

Zanthoxylum rhoifolium, a tree of South America.


repollito de agua

repollito de agua m (plural repollitos de agua)


dondiego de noche

dondiego de noche m (plural dondiegos de noche)


flor de papel

flor de papel f (plural flores de papel)


lechuga silvestre

lechuga silvestre f (plural lechugas silvestres)


palmera del azúcar

palmera del azúcar f (plural palmeras del azúcar)

Arenga pinnata
Arenga pinnata#Translingual


lodón

European nettle tree
European nettle tree

Celtis australis
Celtis australis#Translingual

lote, European nettle tree (Celtis australis).


berro de prado

berro de prado m (plural berros de prado)


hidrocótila

A plant of the genus Hydrocotyle (water pennywort, floating pennywort, etc.).


patata de Telinga

patata de Telinga f (plural patatas de Telinga)


viola matronal

viola matronal f (plural violas matronales)


cactus órgano

Mexican fencepost cactus, Lophocereus marginatus


algarrobo negro

algarrobo negro m (plural algarrobos negros)


mañío hembra

Prince Albert's yew (Saxegothaea conspicua)


algarrobo blanco

algarrobo blanco m (plural algarrobos blancos)


manzanilla de la muerte

manzanilla de la muerte f (plural manzanillas de la muerte)


palma de Guinea

palma de Guinea f (plural palmas de Guinea)

Elaeis guineensis
Elaeis guineensis#Translingual

Florida cherry palm (Pseudophoenix sargentii)


espina colorada

espina colorada f (plural espinas coloradas)

sticky nightshade, Solanum sisymbriifolium


lirio mariposa

lirio mariposa m (plural lirios mariposa)


centranto

[θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾãn̪.t̪o]


tilo silvestre

tilo silvestre m (plural tilos silvestres)

Tilia cordata
Tilia cordata#Translingual


planta camaleón

planta camaleón f (plural plantas camaleón)


manzanilla real

manzanilla real f (plural manzanillas reales)


cristóbal

Platymiscium dimorphandrum, a tree of Central and South America.


amor de hortelano

Galium aparine
Galium aparine#Translingual


revientacaballos

revientacaballos m (plural revientacaballos)


tahuarí

tahuarí f (plural tahuarís or tahuaríes)


hinojo marino

hinojo marino m (plural hinojos marinos)


perejil marino

perejil marino m (plural perejiles marinos)


adormidera marina

adormidera marina f (plural adormideras marinas)


cedro del Atlas

cedro del Atlas m (plural cedros del Atlas)


hierba de elefante

hierba de elefante f (plural hierbas de elefante)


frailejón octubre

frailejón octubre m (plural frailejones octubres)


acónito salutífero

acónito salutífero m (plural acónitos salutíferos)


zacate toboso

zacate toboso m (plural zacates tobosos)


sanícula hembra

sanícula hembra f (plural sanículas hembras)


huaraco

A flowering cactus of species Austrocylindropuntia floccosa


disciplinaria de Cuba

disciplinaria de Cuba f (plural disciplinarias de Cuba)


pegaropa

A blazingstar of species Mentzelia hispida


orgaza

Mediterranean saltbush, Atriplex halimus.