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guacal

[gwaˈkal]

Rhymes with al

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Del náhuatl clásico huacalli

noun guacales

Jaula o cesta mexicana hecha de carrizo o palma para transportar víveres.
Árboles (Crescentia alata) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, de pequeño porte, nativo de América Central. Produce grandes frutos redondos u oblongos, de paredes gruesas y muy duras, que se utilizaban como cestas. Las semillas que contienen, de sabor que recuerda al del regaliz, son comestibles
Similar: cirián, huacal, jícaro, morro

In English

crate box or basket
calabash container made from the shell of the fruit of one of the above plants

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@misc{guacal_2026,
  title = {guacal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/guacal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}