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mayten
[ mahy-ten ]
noun
- a tree, Maytenus boaria, native to Chile, having narrow leaves and drooping branches, planted as a street tree in Florida and southern California.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mayten1
First recorded in 1805–15; from Latin American Spanish (Argentina, Chile) maitén, from Araucanian mañtun
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Example Sentences
The cattle take refuge in sheltered valleys and in the mayten thickets which follow the depressions.
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