jequirity
noun
je·quir·i·ty
jə̇ˈkwirətē
variants or jequirity bean
plural -es
1
: the scarlet and black seed of Indian licorice used in India and other tropical regions for beads in rosaries and necklaces and as a standard weight
2
: indian licorice
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese jequiriti, jequirití, perhaps of Indic origin; akin to Hindi rattī ratti
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- black bullhead
- black bunch grass
- black cabbage
- black cabbage tree
- black caiman
- black cake
- black calabash
- black calla
- black cancer
- black canker
- Black Canyon
- black caraway
- black carbon
- Black Carib
- black carp
- black carpet beetle
- black cat
- black catechu
- black cattle
- Black Cayuga
- black chaff
- black chalk
- Black Chamber
- black chanterelle
- black chaser