Ceibos

/ˈseɪboʊz/ noun

Definition

Plural of ceibo; multiple South American trees with bright red flowers.

Etymology

Spanish plural form of 'ceibo,' maintaining the indigenous root from Quechua or Guaraní languages.

Kelly Says

When Spanish colonizers arrived in South America, they found entire valleys covered in these blood-red flowering trees and borrowed the local name because their own language had no equivalent!

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