mayten

[ mahy-ten ]
/ maɪˈtɛn /

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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Origin of mayten

<American Spanish maitén<Araucanian mañtun

Words nearby mayten

maypop, May queen, Mayr, Mays, mayst, mayten, Maytime, may tree, May Two-Four, mayweed, May-White syndrome
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Example sentences from the Web for mayten

  • The cattle take refuge in sheltered valleys and in the mayten thickets which follow the depressions.

    The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis