noun, masculine/bɔs.kɔ.jo/plural: boscoyos
(tree) stump (a large piece of rough or knotty wood); (tree) knot; lump (on the body, etc.); cypress knee (a type of aerial root formed by some cypress species); a tough old man
Synonyms: boscoyo de cipre
From boscot (“hunchbacked”) + -ot (diminutive suffix), with [-j-] (which is represented in writing as ⟨-y-⟩ or ⟨-ill-⟩) serving as a euphonic interfix. Literally, “a little hunchback”.