abrótea

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Galician

Abróteas or abrótegas

Alternative forms

Etymology

First attested in 1409. From *abrottena or *abrottina, probably from Latin abrotanum (wormwood), from Ancient Greek ἀβρότονον (abrótonon, wormwood, southernwood).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbɾɔtea/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtea
  • Hyphenation: a‧bró‧te‧a

Noun

abrótea f (plural abróteas)

  1. white asphodel (Asphodelus albus)
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 141:
      E Nota que o poo dos collos das abroteas ual mays que todos llos outros, et dos ditos poos deuen vsar nos llugarres neruossos et jntrincados de veas et darterias
      Take note that the powder of the rhizomes of the asphodels has more value than all the rest, and that these powders should be used in places that are nervous and entangled with veins and arteries
  2. its dry stalk, which was used as a torch
    Synonyms: agucio, gamón

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin abrotanum. Doublet of abrótano and abrótono.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

abrótea f (plural abróteas)

  1. branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus, a herb of the Mediterranean region)
    Synonyms: abrótiga, abrótega
  2. forkbeard (Phycis phycis, a hake of the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic)
    Synonym: brota
  3. Brazilian codling (Urophycis brasiliensis, a hake of the southern Atlantic coast of South America)
  4. Argentine hake (Merluccius hubbsi, a hake of the Argentine coast)