oxicoco

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual oxycoccos, from Ancient Greek [Term?]. Equivalente to oxi- +‎ coco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.siˈko.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.siˈko.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ok.siˈko.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.ksiˈko.ku/

• Hyphenation: o‧xi‧co‧co

Noun

oxicoco m (plural oxicocos)

1. cranberry (a species of berry shrub found in acidic bogs)

Further reading

• “oxicoco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “oxicoco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026