Taino Etymologies

type genus of the Annonaceae

a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire

black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics

evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides

loggerhead turtles

any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers

hard greenish-brown wood of the lignum vitae tree and other trees of the genus Guaiacum

tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations

the excrement of sea birds or bats; used as fertilizer

tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit

Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal

shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores

shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores

tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum

cactus of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having edible juicy fruit

an edible tuber native to South America

important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks

West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves

tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes

any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America