Showing 301 to 324 of 324.
- TORNILLOA small tree of species Prosopis pubescens, native to Mexico and parts of the United States, that has spirally twisted pods.
- TOYONA chiefly Californian ornamental evergreen shrub (Photinia arbutifolia, syn. Heteromeles arbutifolia) of the rose family having white flowers succeeded by red berries.
- TRESA three-course stringed instrument similar to a guitar; the Cuban variant has six strings, and the Puerto Rican has nine.
- TULEAny of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus
- TURBINADOA type of sugar made from the extract of sugar cane
- TURISTASynonym of traveler's diarrhea.
- URAOThe mineral trona.
- VAMOOSETo run away (from); to flee.
- VAQUEROA cowboy; a herdsman.
- VARGUENOA decorative cabinet of a kind originating near Toledo in Spain, having a rectangular body supported on legs or an ornamental framework, and a front that opens downwards on hinges
- VEGAAn open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco.
- VELETAA dance to waltz music in triple time.
- VICUNAA South American mammal, Lama vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.
- VIGAA roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
- VIHUELAA guitar-like string instrument of 15th- and 16th-century Spain, usually with six courses or sets of strings (twelve strings in total).
- VOLANTEA cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba. The body is in front of the axle; the driver rides on the horse.
- YACCAEither of two large evergreens of the West Indies, Podocarpus coriaceus and Podocarpus purdieanus.
- YAUTIAAn edible plant commonly found in the Caribbean: Xanthosoma sagittifolium, new cocoyam.
- YERBAIlex paraguariensis, a species of holly native to southern South America; or the dried leaves and twigs of this plant, used to make the caffeine-rich beverage maté.
- YUCAcassava
- ZABRAA small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
- ZANJEROAn official in charge of distributing water supplies in Latin America.
- ZONDAA hot, dry wind of the Andes.
- ZORINOskunk fur used to make clothing