Meanings
nounmacambira (plural macambiras)
plural macambiras
- A thorny shrub, Bromelia laciniosa, of the pineapple family, native to Brazil and Argentina.
The circus people proceeded, amid macambiras and across stony ground, taking turns pulling the wagon.
1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 2671 more example
Pineapple-like plants known as macambiras, with worrisome thorny red blades, spring up in the hundreds out of the ground.
2006, Ehsan Masood, Daniel Schaffer, Dry: Life Without Water, page 114
Origin
- Portuguesemacambira
- Englishmacambira
From Portuguese macambira.
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macambira. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/macambira
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