meimendro

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Galician

meimendro

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hispanic Late Latin milimindrum (7th century, Isidore of Seville), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from a Celtic composite.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

meimendro m (plural meimendros)

  1. henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
    Synonyms: beleño, arangaños, herba dos ouvidos, herba do gorgullo

References

  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. meimendro.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “beleño”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: mei‧men‧dro

Noun

meimendro m (plural meimendros)

  1. henbane (Hyoscyamus niger, a poisonous herb)