noun, masculineplural: tachicones
sandpaper tree (Curatella americana)
Synonyms: aparelejo, azufre, bacabuey, vacabuey, cacaíto, carne de fiambre, caticón, chaáco
Related: bejuco de tachicón
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlachicōni (“scraper”).