# maqui

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A South American shrub (Aristotelia chilensis) native to the Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion of Chile and southern Argentina.
2. The edible berry of this shrub.
3. Misspelling of maquis (“Mediterranean coastal scrub”).

## Etymology
Borrowed from Chilean Spanish maqui, from Mapudungun.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/maqui