tomillar

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Spanish

Etymology

From tomillo (thyme) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tomiˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tomiˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tomiˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tomiˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: to‧mi‧llar

Noun

tomillar m (plural tomillares)

  1. a biome of Spain in which thyme plants predominate
    • 2017 May 11, “Descubierta en el Anoia una nueva especie de langosta”, in El Periódico:
      En un primer momento, los naturalistas creyeron haber localizado una nueva población de una langosta conocida científicamente como 'Prionotropis flexuosa', que en Catalunya solo había sido documentada hasta entonces en el tomillar de Alfés (Timoneda d'Alfés), en el Segrià.
      At first, the naturalists thought that they had found a new population of locusts known scientifically as 'Prionotropis flexuosa', which in Catalonia had only been known until then in the tomillar of Alfés (Timoneda d'Alfés), in Segrià.

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