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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: madre de cacao
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Spanish, from Nahuatl cacahuanantzin.
