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Latin
Etymology
albus (“white”) + -ūcus, a suffix common to several other Latin phytonyms, and a semantic connection found in other languages for the same plant, e.g. Arabic بَرْوَق (barwaq) from Aramaic ברוק (bārōq, “shiny-yellowish”).
Pronunciation
Noun
albūcus m (genitive albūcī); second declension
- asphodel bulb
- asphodel plant
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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