Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
paracress
noun · first attested 20th century
One flower head makes the tongue buzz and the saliva run.
The plant Acmella oleracea, whose leaves and flower heads numb and tingle the mouth.
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- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 20th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Pará
- In English
paracress
The plant is a staple of cooking in Pará, in northern Brazil, where it goes into the soup tacacá, and English named it for that state. The tingling comes from spilanthol, which also earned it the name toothache plant. It is sold elsewhere as Szechuan buttons or electric daisy.
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Brazil
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