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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *folliclus, contracted form of Latin folliculus, diminutive form of follis (“purse, sack”). Compare the borrowed doublet folículo.
Cognate with Portuguese folhelho.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /oˈʝexo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /oˈʎexo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oˈʃexo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oˈʒexo/
- Rhymes: -exo
- Syllabification: ho‧lle‧jo
Noun
hollejo m (plural hollejos)
- the skin or membrane covering some fruits and seeds, such as grapes, beans, etc.
- Synonyms: cáscara, piel
2011, Francesc Navarro, Mauricio Wiesenthal, Todo lo que debes saber sobre el vino para impresionar en la mesa:También en el hollejo se encuentran los precursores de los aromas, sustancias inodoras que, durante el proceso de fermentación y posterior evolución del vino, liberarán moléculas volátiles que son las responsables de los aromas del vino- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- the solid remains of fruit after pressing; pomace, marc
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