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Definition of Jiqui
1. Noun. Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture.
Generic synonyms: Dicot, Dicotyledon, Exogen, Magnoliopsid
Group relationships: Genus Malpighia, Malpighia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jiqui
Literary usage of Jiqui
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1913)
"... jiqui, Mahogany, Majagua, Cuban Pine and American spruce and pine. The first
two are most popular. Specifications call for 12" to 14" diam. by 30 ft. or ..."
2. The Spanish Conquest in America, and Its Relation to the History of Slavery by Arthur Helps (1868)
"... and to send it back to Spain.f Sepulveda seems to have felt that Las Casas
had conducted the cause with exceeding vigor, and had berent, ut a'jiqui ..."
3. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... had the command of a century in one of the five legions that were employed
against the jiqui ; this person had a daughter, called from her father, ..."
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