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Sicilian
Etymology
From latti (“milk”) + erva (“grass”). Possibly influenced by lebbru (“hare”).
Noun
lattilebbra f
- brighteyes (Reichardia picroides)
- Synonym: caccialepri
References
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “lattilebbra”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 17
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “lattilebbra”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2220
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “lattilebbra”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 485