pelú
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Mapudungun pülu.
Noun
pelú m (plural pelúes or pelús)
- a tree found in Chile, Sophora cassioides
Further reading
- “pelú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “pelú”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010