tagua
Americannoun
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taguas,
plural
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tagua
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tagua
From Guarani taguá, in reference to the animal's ability to make paths into virtually impenetrable areas
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Complementing the regal black-and-white plumages are hand-carved wooden beads made from driftwood found in the Luangwa’s lush riverbeds, vintage Zambian coins collected in Mfuwe markets, and vegetable ivory seeds sourced from towering tagua palms.
From National Geographic ● May 17, 2018
Firstly, even the longest tagua seeds are much shorter than the average elephant tusk, which limits the size of the ornaments that can be made from the material.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2017
From his base in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, Mr Heerma van Voss's company Naya Nayon has been exporting tagua for 16 years, and he says that sales are booming.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2017
In her bin were iron jewelry holders and rosewood containers and dozens of rings, each made in faraway places with exotic materials: tagua nut, cow bone, goat horn.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2015
A curious article of exportation is the ivory nut, or tagua, which in value now comes next after bananas.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills
The ground was tolerably clear, the taguas standing far apart, and many of them not rising higher than the bear’s back.
From Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt by Johann Baptist Zwecker
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