What does xique-xique mean?
Xique-xique means A species of tree cactus, Pilosocereus gounellei, of northern Brazil..
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/ˈʃiːkʃiːk/ · noun
A species of tree cactus, Pilosocereus gounellei, of northern Brazil..
At the base of the hill began a thin grove of Xique-Xique […]. This is a tall shrub, with patches of sharp and venomous thorns radiating from common centres.
In the corner where he slept, the Little Blessed One gradually built an altar, with printed images they gave him at the mission and a cross of xiquexique wood that he himself carved and painted.
Each night the men sliced the squat xique-xique cactus into rounds, plucked out its thorns, and pressed down upon the slices with the flat faces of their knives.
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Xique-xique means A species of tree cactus, Pilosocereus gounellei, of northern Brazil..
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At the base of the hill began a thin grove of Xique-Xique […]. This is a tall shrub, with patches of sharp and venomous thorns radiating from common centres.
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