ferruxe

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Galician

Ferruxe

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Etymology

15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese *ferrugẽ, from Latin ferrūgō, ferrūginem (iron rust). Cognate with Portuguese ferrugem.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈruʃe/
  • Rhymes: -uʃe
  • Hyphenation: fe‧rru‧xe

Noun

ferruxe f (plural ferruxes)

  1. iron rust
    • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 117:
      Para esto val a ferruien mesturada con sal et con azeyte.
      For this is useful the iron rust admixed with salt and olive oil
  2. stem rust (Puccinia graminis)

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