queiroa

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Galician

queiroa ("Calluna vulgaris")

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a substrate form *cariola.

Pronunciation

Noun

queiroa f (plural queiroas)

  1. (botany) heather (Calluna vulgaris)
    Synonyms: carpaza, carrasca, carroucha, uz
  2. firewood obtained from it
    • 1836, anonymous author, Diálogo entre Gorecho e Mingos:
      ¿Que lle fai a Nacion un carto que cobran nas portas por unha dúcia de ovos, ou dous por un feixse de queiroas?
      What good makes the nation a quarter that they charge at the gates for a dozen eggs, or two for a faggot of heather firewood?

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Cf. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. queiroga.
  2. ^ Gonzalo Navaza (2006) Fitotoponimia Galega, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, →ISBN, pages 450-453.
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