A small South American tree or its fiber, used traditionally in textile production.
From Portuguese or Spanish, origin uncertain but likely from indigenous Tupi or Guaraní languages of South America. The word followed colonial trade routes to English.
Canamary is one of thousands of plant names English borrowed from indigenous South American languages through Portuguese traders—it's a linguistic ghost of pre-Columbian botanical knowledge.
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