argelaga
Catalan
Alternative forms
- argelac, argilaga
Etymology
Probably from a Paleo-Hispanic word reconstructed by Coromines as *aielaga.
Pronunciation
Noun
argelaga f (plural argelagues)
- scorpion broom (Genista scorpius)
- Synonyms: argelaga borda, argelaga de bosc, argelaga de marge, argelaga de muntanya
- Echinospartum horridum
- Synonym: eriçó groc
- small-flowered gorse (Ulex parviflorus)
- Synonym: gatosa
Derived terms
- argelaga de bosc
- argelaga menuda
- argelaga nana
- argelaga negra
- argelaga pilosa
- argelagar
- argelagó
- argelagós
- Argelaguer
- argelaguera
Further reading
- “argelaga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “argelaga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.