Choapino: saddle-cloth, woven of thick black-dyed wool (South).
Choclo: maize.
Cholo: a Peruvian. Cf. Godo, a Spaniard; Gabacho, Frenchman.
Chonta: palm growing on Más a Tierra island (Juan Fernandez group), yielding a fine wood of which walking sticks and canes are made, prized for the bright yellow and black pattern of the wood. The young head of the palm is cooked and eaten as a “cabbage.”
Choros: large mussels found off Chilean coast, eaten in great quantities.
Chuño: arrowroot; or frozen and dried potatoes.
Chuso: a stupid fellow.
Cochayuyo: sea-weed, stewed in the south for soup, like luche.
Coihue, Coigüe: large tree (South), yielding hardwood and a red dye.
Colihue: wild bamboo. Colihual, bamboo thicket.