bejín

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • bexino, bexin (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *vissīnum, derived from Latin vissīre (“to pass wind”). Cf. the other name for this mushroom, pedo de lobo (“lit. ‘wolf's fart’”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈxin/ [beˈxĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: be‧jín

Noun

bejín m (plural bejines)

  1. any puffball mushroom of the Lycoperdon genus

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