Etymology

calafate

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Today it means: The barberry, shrubs belonging to the genus Berberis. Full definition →

Spanish calafate
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcalafate“barberry”
  2. English todaycalafate

From Spanish calafate (“barberry”).

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