painço

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painço

painço (Panicum miliaceum)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese painço, peinço (earlier *pãiço), from Late Latin pānīcium, from Latin pānīcum, from pānus (“ear of millet”). Doublet of panico.

Cognate with Galician paínzo and Spanish panizo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈĩ.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈĩ.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈĩ.su/

Hyphenation: pa‧in‧ço

Noun

painço m (plural painços)

millet, any grass in the genus Panicum
Synonyms: mileto, milheto, milho-miúdo, pão-de-passarinho
1. (specifically) Panicum miliaceum
(colloquial) money

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