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coigue

coigue

9.9
A Chilean tree that keeps its leaves all year and whose branches people use to cover roofs
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : coigüe
  • The villagers gathered branches from the coigue to repair their roofs before the rainy season.

Examples

  • Many houses in the region have roofs made of coigue.

  • Local artisans weave baskets from the flexible twigs of the coigue.

  • A dense grove of coigue trees bordered the path through the Chilean forest.

  • The coigue tree grows abundantly in southern Chile.

  • The villagers gathered branches from the coigue to repair their roofs before the rainy season.

  • Many houses in the region have roofs made of coigue.

  • A dense grove of coigue trees bordered the path through the Chilean forest.

Synonyms

Nothofagus dombeyi
vscoigue
  • Specialized
9.9

A large evergreen tree from Chile and Argentina often used to make thatched roofs

is native to Chile only rather than to both countries

Surface Forms

coigue singular
coigues plural

Etymology

The word coigue comes from the Mapuche word koywe, which was the 'name of the tree' in the local language. That's why coigue is used for the Chilean evergreen whose branches people use for roof thatching.