urucum

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urucum

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Borrowed from Portuguese urucum, borrowed from Old Tupi uruku, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *uruku, from Proto-Tupian *ɨrʲuku.

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uncountable Achiote. Martius found most dressed in bits of clothing, their hair wildly tangled and their faces dyed red with urucum.

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"urucum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/urucum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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urucum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/urucum

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"urucum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/urucum.

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@misc{urucum_2026,
  title = {urucum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/urucum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}