mayten

[ mahy-ten ]
/ maɪˈtɛn /

noun

a tree, Maytenus boaria, native to Chile, having narrow leaves and drooping branches, planted as a street tree in Florida and southern California.

Origin of mayten

< American Spanish maitén < Araucanian mañtun

Words nearby mayten

maypole, maypop, mayr, mays, mayst, mayten, maytime, mayweed, maywood, mazaedium, mazar-e-sharif

Example sentences from the Web for mayten

  • The cattle take refuge in sheltered valleys and in the mayten thickets which follow the depressions.

    The Argentine Republic |Pierre Denis