morote

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Galician

morotes

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Given the related forms morango, morodo, morogo and the cognates, Portuguese morango and Asturian meruéndano, then probably from a substrate language *morotanu.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

morote m (plural morotes)

  1. wild strawberry (the fruit)
    Synonyms: morango, morodo, morogo
  2. strawberry tree berry
  3. bay laurel berry
    Synonym: lorbaga

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “arándano”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos