tronador

noun

tro·​na·​dor

¦trōnə¦dȯ(ə)r

plural -s

1

: a Central American, Mexican, and West Indian woody herb (Abutilon trisulcatum)

2

: the bast fiber of the tronador used especially for ropes and nets

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, literally, thunderer, from Spanish, from tronar to thunder, modification of Latin tonare; from its noisy dehiscence

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