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carqueja.

Genista tridentata, a plant native to the Iberian peninsula

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaʁˈke.ʒɐ/Brazil[kahˈke.ʒɐ]Brazil/kaɾˈke.ʒɐ/São-Paulo/kaʁˈke.ʒɐ/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. Genista tridentata, a plant native to the Iberian peninsula

    feminine
  2. any of the genus Baccharis of broom-like plants, native to South America, in particular Baccharis trimera

    Brazil · feminine
  3. synonym of fúlica (any bird of the genus Fulica)

    Brazil · feminine
Where this word comes from

From substrate *carcasia, *querquesia, or similar, from Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus ~ *pr̥kʷéu- (“oak”). Compare the local pre-Roman tribal name Querquerni abd Galician carqueixa.

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