cacahuananche

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noun

A tree of the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil, Licania arborea, whose nuts produce an oil used for soap, candles, etc.

Similar
madre de cacao
OriginNahuatl cacahuanantzin →
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Meanings

nouncacahuananche (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA tree of the American tropics from Mexico to Brazil, Licania arborea, whose nuts produce an oil used for soap, candles, etc.
  2. uncountableA tree originally from Mexico to Colombia, Gliricidia sepium, grown in the tropics worldwide to shade crops such as cacao and coffee, as well as for intercropping due to its nitrogen-fixing roots.

    Synonyms: madre de cacao

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tree originally from Mexico to Colombia, Gliricidia sepium, grown in the tropics worldwide to shade crops such as cacao and coffee, as well as for intercropping due to its nitrogen-fixing roots.

Similar
madre de cacao

Origin

  1. Nahuatlcacahuanantzin
  2. Englishcacahuananche

From Spanish, from Nahuatl cacahuanantzin.

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APA

cacahuananche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacahuananche

MLA

“cacahuananche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacahuananche. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cacahuananche,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cacahuananche.

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