caroço
Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ˈɾo.su/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ˈɾo.su/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.ˈɾo.so/
Noun
caroço m (plural caroços)
- stone (hard nucleus of drupes)
- (by extension) any hard seed found inside a fruit
- (informal) growth (an abnormal mass, such as a tumour)
- an undissolved chunk or pellet; for example, a pellet of dry flour in dough, or of dry dirt in mud
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:caroço.
Related terms
- caroça
- caroçama
- caroçudo
- descaroçado
- descaroçador
- descaroçamento
- descaroçar
- encaroçado
- encaroçamento
- encaroçar
Descendants
- Swahili: korosho