matico
English
Noun
matico (uncountable)
- A Peruvian plant (Piper aduncum) allied to the pepper, whose leaves are used as a styptic and astringent.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈtiko/ [maˈt̪i.ko]
- Rhymes: -iko
- Syllabification: ma‧ti‧co
Further reading
- “matico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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