abrótea

• abriota, abroita, abrota, abrótega, abrótiga

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

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

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

• collón de abrótega
• abrotal
• Brotiais

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abrot”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abrotea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abrótea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abrótea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin abrotanum. Doublet of abrótano and abrótono.

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)