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achiote
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a·chi·o·te  ch-t, -t)
n.
See annatto.

[American Spanish, from Nahuatl achiotl.]


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However, all but these eight involved doubled letters: ALALA / ULULU, ARABA / URUBU, ARACA / URUCU, ARACARI / URUCURI, CALCIFIC / SALSIFIS, CARAPA / COROPO, TAMBALA / TOMBOLO, and TARATA / TERETE.
Petrobras started operations earlier this year on the US$180 million UPGN-3 natural gas production unit in the Urucu area of Amazonas state.
And Japan's JEXIM provided a $64 million loan to finance Brazil's Urucu Gas and Oil Project, which involves constructing a processing plant, two 500-km pipelines, and service roads running the length of the pipelines in the heart of the Amazonian rainforest.
 
 
 
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