caraguatá noun1 •Any of several similar South American bromeliad plants, Bromelia serra, Bromelia pinguin or Bromelia balansae (syn. Bromelia argentina), which yield a long, silky fiber used for making cords, sacks, etc.Of the "végétation rabougrie," the cactus and the caraguatá bromelia appeared to be the most general. — 1870 formscaraguatas · caraguatás
