maqui

[ mah-kee ]

noun

1. an evergreen shrub, Aristotelia chilensis, of Chile, having toothed, oblong leaves, greenish-white flowers, and purple berries, grown as an ornamental in S California.

Word History and Origins

Origin of maqui¹

1695–1705; < Spanish < Araucanian

Example Sentences

As a child, Millaray said she would look forward more than anything to traveling south each summer to the Carilao community in the municipality of Perquenco to visit her maternal great-grandmother, spending afternoons splashing in a nearby river or collecting maqui berries in a jar.

From New York Times

The Grammy and Tony Award-winning actor, best known for originating the dual roles of Thomas Jefferson and Maqui de Lafayette in Broadway’s “Hamilton,” is starring in TNT’s sci-fi thriller “Snowpiercer.”

From Fox News

The Quechua-speaking descendants of the Incas have myriad descriptive names for the cornucopia of potatoes grown and eaten in Peru’s southern Andes, from a squat, greyish tuber named after an alpaca’s nose to a yellow indented tatty called puma maqui, or puma’s paw.

From The Guardian

But Bullis, which was led by senior guard Maqui Carrillo’s 12 points, began to lose momentum as Seton again took control.

From Washington Post

At Boragó, his restaurant in Santiago, he uses mostly indigenous ingredients, relying on more than two hundred foragers and small producers to supply the raw materials for dishes such as venison tartare with maqui berries and a soup of Patagonian rainwater served on a bed of moss.

From The New Yorker