almacigo

noun

al·​ma·​ci·​go

-ˌgō

plural -s

in the West Indies

: gumbo-limbo sense 1

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish almácigo, from Spanish, mastic tree, from almáciga

First Known Use

1812, in the meaning defined above

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