cirio - 2 dictionary results
cir⋅i⋅o
[sir-ee-oh] 
Origin:
< MexSp; Sp: wax candle < L cēreus, n. use of cēreus made of wax, equiv. to cēr(a) wax + -eus -eous
< MexSp; Sp: wax candle < L cēreus, n. use of cēreus made of wax, equiv. to cēr(a) wax + -eus -eous
boojum tree
[boo-juhm] –noun
| a tree, Idria columnaris, native to Baja California, having spreading spiny branches, deciduous leaves, and yellow flowers. |
Also called cirio.
Origin:
1960–65; after the boojum, an imaginary creature invented by Lewis Carroll in the poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876)
1960–65; after the boojum, an imaginary creature invented by Lewis Carroll in the poem The Hunting of the Snark (1876)
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