Meaning of ñipa

ñipa: It is one of the common names given to trees and shrubs of the Family Escalloniaceae and the Genus Escalonia, typical of Argentina and Chile. They have ornamental, balsamic and medicinal uses. It is also called barraco , seven shirts, muki or coronillo. In some parts it is also called ñipa to a type of palm of the genus Nypa, known as palmara de mangrovear or sasá of the Philippines. Its scientific name is Nypa fruticans and belongs to the Arecaceae family. It can also mean bad-tempered, brabucón, choleric, bravo (referred to a person).; NIPA is a regionalism own of some countries Latin American and whose meaning is enojón, grumpy, of bad temper, that is angry with ease.Apparently in Chile has a pejorative usage as it means i d i or t to.; NIPA is incorrectly written, and should be written as "Mañoso." being its meaning: In Chile it tells a child spoiled. And a complicated person mañosa, that nothing stays as it claims, nothing like it, argues that if, and why not also.