cana-índica

Portuguese

Etymology

From cana (“cane”) +‎ índica (“Indian”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɐ̃.nɐˈĩ.d͡ʒi.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkɐ.naˈĩ.d͡ʒi.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkɐ.nɐˈĩ.di.kɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌka.nɐˈĩ.di.kɐ/

Hyphenation: ca‧na‧-ín‧di‧ca

Noun

cana-índica f (plural canas-índicas)

(botany) Canna indica
Synonym: cana-da-índia

Related terms

cana-de-açúcar

Further reading

“cana-índica”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025