cacay
cacay Lexical Profile
• noun
The round, green-husked fruit of the South American cacay tree (Caryodendron orinocense), containing three large, oil-rich edible nuts prized both as a nutritious food source and for extracting cosmetic skin oil.
"Local harvesters gather the fallen cacay from the forest floor to roast the seeds or cold-press them into a nutrient-dense oil."
A fast-growing evergreen canopy tree (Caryodendron orinocense) in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, native to the Orinoco and Amazon river basins of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru.
"Agroforestry initiatives in Colombia often plant the cacay to restore degraded pastureland while providing sustainable income for rural communities."
• Rhymes for cacay
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Colombian Spanish cacay, which derives from an indigenous language of the Orinoco and northwestern Amazon basins.
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