alforfón
Spanish
Etymology
From Galician alforfa (“forage”) + -ón (augmentative suffix). See alfalfa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfoɾˈfon/ [al.foɾˈfõn]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: al‧for‧fón
Noun
alforfón m (uncountable)
- buckwheat
- Synonym: trigo sarraceno
Further reading
- “alforfón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024