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cenizo
Definition of cenizo
cenizos
1 Southwest : shad scale
2 West Indies : any of a variety of shrubs and herbs with silver-gray foliage
3 : barometer bush The bees are really enjoying the cenizos in front of the house, which have turned spectacularly purple with flowers. — Mike Leggett, Austin American-Statesman, 17 Sept. 2009
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Origin and Etymology of cenizo
American Spanish, from Spanish, white goosefoot, probably from ceniza ashes, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin cinisia, irregular from Latin cinis
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