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Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Probably from a substrate language.
Pronunciation
Noun
carroucha f (plural carrouchas)
- (botany) heather (Calluna vulgaris)
- Synonyms: carpaza, carrasca, queiroa, uz
- vulgar name of a number of seaweeds, among them:
- sea oak (Halidrys siliquosa)
- Chadophora rupestris
- Synonym: raposeira
- Codium dichotomum
- Synonym: carrasca
- Desmarestia aculeate
- Synonym: queimella
- Fucus serratus
- Synonym: carrasca
- cockroach
- Synonym: cascuda
- (hair) part
- a narrow way into a field
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carroucha”, 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), “carroucha”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carroucha”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN