tronador
noun
tro·na·dor
¦trōnə¦dȯ(ə)r
plural -s
1
: a Central American, Mexican, and West Indian woody herb (Abutilon trisulcatum)
2
: the bast fiber of the tronador used especially for ropes and nets
Word History
Etymology
American Spanish, literally, thunderer, from Spanish, from tronar to thunder, modification of Latin tonare; from its noisy dehiscence