arreitó
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Arreitós or paxariños ("columbine") 
Arreitós or paxariños (Linaria triornithophora)
Galician
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Alternative forms
Etymology
A diminutive in -ó from a back formation of arreitar (“to arouse”), "little aphrodisiac" or the like, because of the alleged aphrodisiac properties of this plant (columbine).
Pronunciation
Noun
arreitó m (plural arreitós)
- common columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)
- three-bird toadflax (Linaria triornithophora)
- Synonym: paxariños
- common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
- Synonym: paxariños
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References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “arreitó”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “arroutó”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “arroutós”, 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), “arreitó”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “arreitó”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN