matico

matico (uncountable)

1. A Peruvian plant (Piper aduncum) allied to the pepper, whose leaves are used as a styptic and astringent.

• -o-matic, atomic

• IPA^(key): /maˈtiko/ [maˈt̪i.ko]
• Rhymes: -iko
• Syllabification: ma‧ti‧co

matico m (plural maticos)

1. The orange-ball-tree
2. The orange-backed troupial, Icterus croconotus.

• “matico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28