tagua
/tah-gwuh/US // ˈtɑ gwə //
塔瓜,塔夸,塔瓜岛
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural ta·guas, ta·gua.
- : Chacoan peccary.
Examples
What our hunters saw was neither more nor less than a grove of Tagua trees—better known as the “vegetable ivory.”
A curious article of exportation is the ivory nut, or tagua, which in value now comes next after bananas.
Of this our hunters had proof, and very shortly after entering among the tagua trees.
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