manaca

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noun

A plant of the species Brunfelsia uniflora.

OriginPortuguese manacá ← Old Tupi manaká →
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Meanings

nounmanaca (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA plant of the species Brunfelsia uniflora.

    Not having the manaca with me we agreed to continue the quinine and morphine until next day, when I was to return and place him on that remedy.

    1892, George S. Davis, The Pharmacology of the Newer Materia Medica

Origin

  1. Old Tupimanaká
  2. Portuguesemanacá
  3. Englishmanaca

Borrowed from Portuguese manacá, borrowed from Old Tupi manaká.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

macana
Cite this entry
APA

manaca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manaca

MLA

“manaca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manaca. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manaca,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manaca.

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