alverxón
Galician
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin ervilia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alβ̞eɾˈʃoŋ/
Noun
alverxón m (plural alverxóns)
- (botany) carob (Ceratonia siliqua, a tree of the Mediterranean region)
- Synonym: alfarrobeira
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alverxón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega