oxicoco
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual oxycoccos, from Ancient Greek [Term?]. Equivalente to oxi- + coco.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ok.siˈko.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ok.siˈko.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔ.ksiˈko.ku/
- Hyphenation: o‧xi‧co‧co
Noun
oxicoco m (plural oxicocos)
- cranberry (a species of berry shrub found in acidic bogs)
Further reading
- “oxicoco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “oxicoco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026