The vegetation of the small secondary stands consists primarily of species of "Juan Primero" (Simaruba glauca), "anón de majagua" (Lonchocarpus pentaphyllus) and "jagua" (Genipa americana). From Wordnik.com. [Hispaniolan moist forests] Reference
My new literary agent thought she might be able to sell my jagua book but self-publishing was my preferred path. From Wordnik.com. [Carine Fabius: Field Notes From a Published and Self-Published Author] Reference
They harvest the jagua fruit from which we make our all-natural black temporary tattoo product, the Earth jagua Gel. From Wordnik.com. [Carine Fabius: When the Jungle Calls, Answer the Phone] Reference
(They harvest the jagua fruit from which we make our all-natural black temporary tattoo product, the Earth jagua Gel.). From Wordnik.com. [Carine Fabius: When the Jungle Calls, Answer the Phone] Reference
It's a little soon to tell if it will be as popular as my first book -- right now, jagua tattoos are still a fairly obscure commodity. From Wordnik.com. [Carine Fabius: Field Notes From a Published and Self-Published Author] Reference
We there find in the plains groups of heliconias and other scitamineae with large and glossy leaves, bamboos, and the three palm-trees, the murichi, jagua, and vadgiai, each of which forms a separate group. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
How diverse, yet equally graceful, are the aspiring branches of the jagua and the drooping foliage of the cocoa, the shuttlecock-shaped crowns of the ubussú and the plumes of the jupati, forty feet in length. From Wordnik.com. [The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America] Reference
It has palmate leaves, and has no relation to the palm-trees with pinnate and curled leaves; to the jagua, which appears to be a species of the cocoa-tree; or to the vadgiai or cucurito, which may be assimilated to the fine species. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference
I can illustrate the point best, perhaps, by citing three loanwords in each category (the Amerind language source of each word is shown in parentheses): trees, shrubs, vines: bakupari (Tupí), caraipai (Tupí), parinari (Galibi) mammals: cacajao (Tupí), guariba (Tupí), saimiri (Guarani) birds: anhinga (Tupí), guanay (Quechua), mitu (Guarani) fruits, vegetables, condiments: chayote (Nahuatl), jagua. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
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