chilamate

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from a Nahuan language. C.f. chile, amate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃilaˈmate/ [t͡ʃi.laˈma.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: chi‧la‧ma‧te === Noun === chilamate m (plural chilamates) name for various fig species: (Costa Rica) snakelike fig (Ficus colubrinae) Synonym: matapalo (Costa Rica, Nicaragua) gouti fig (Ficus insipida) Synonyms: amate, amate de hijo grande, amate de montaña, bibosi, chibecha, cocoba, doctor ojé, gomelero, higo, higuero, higuerón, higuerón de río, jonote, ojé, siranda (Nicaragua) obtuseleaf fig (Ficus obtusifolia) Synonyms: amate, arepero, bibosi, capulamate, caucha, caucho, caucho blanco, chilamate, chilamate de las sierras, higuerón, jagüey, mata, matapalo, matapalo higuerote, moro, yomeno petiolate fig (Fius petiolaris) Synonyms: amate amarillo, tescalamate (Costa Rica) Tonduz fig (Ficus tonduzii) Synonyms: higo, higuero, higuerón (Costa Rica) Wercklé fig (Ficus werckleana) Synonyms: higuerón, higuito, sotacaballo ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Grandtner, Mirsolav M. (2005), Elsevier’s Dictionary of Trees, volume 1, Elsevier, →ISBN, pages 358, 360, 361, 362, 363 Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[2], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 41 === Further reading === “chilamate”, 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 Ficus insipida on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es