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Hi Roger.

I do not know the meaning of the word "Trapiche" in the whole of South America, but at least in Venezuela, trapiche is a place where the sugar cane is processed to produce a highly alcoholic spirit, something like what in the US is known as "moonshine".

The cogwheels used to crush the sugar cane have some resemblance to the so called "trapiche emerald", thus probably that is the origin of the name.

Regards.

José Luis.

[Elise]