sardão

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Portuguese

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sardão (Timon lepidus)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَرْذُون (ḥarḏūn).[1][2] Compare Galician xardón.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: sar‧dão

Noun

sardão m (plural sardões)

  1. ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)
  2. holm oak (Quercus ilex)
    Synonym: azinheira

References

  1. ^ As árvores na toponímia portuguesa by João Pinho
  2. ^ sardão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024