almez

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الميس (al-méys), from Arabic مَيْس (mays, “a kind of tree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

almez m (plural almeces)

  1. hackberry (Celtis spp.)
    Synonyms: alatonero, aligonero, alironero, (Andalucía) almecino, ladonero, latonero, ledonero, lironero, llidonero, lodoño, lotono, ramón
  2. Mediterranean hackberry (Celtis australis L.)[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Font Quer, Pío, «61. ALMEZ», Plantas medicinales - El Dioscórides renovado, 2002, Barcelona: Península, 1999, p. 131. →ISBN

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