canchalagua

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish canchalagua, from Mapudungun cachanlagua. === Noun === canchalagua (usually uncountable, plural canchalaguas) Any of several plants of the Americas similar to centaury, and formerly used like it for medicinal purposes, among them: Centaurium cachanlahuen, the original canchalagua Centaurium chironioides, a Mexican species Zeltnera venusta, a California species in the gentian family Schkuhria pinnata, a plant in the sunflower family native to South America and used medicinally === Further reading === canchalagua on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Mapudungun cachanlagua. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kant͡ʃaˈlaɡwa/ [kãnʲ.t͡ʃaˈla.ɣ̞wa] Rhymes: -aɡwa Syllabification: can‧cha‧la‧gua === Noun === canchalagua f (uncountable) canchalagua ==== Descendants ==== → English: canchalagua === Further reading === “canchalagua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025