urucú
See also: urucu
Spanish
Alternative forms
- urucum (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Guaraní urucul.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɾuˈku/ [u.ɾuˈku]
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: u‧ru‧cú
Noun
urucú m (uncountable)
- achiote, annatto (Bixa orellana plant, harvest, and dye)
Further reading
- “urucú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024