echinocacto

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Echinocactus, derived from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog”) + translingual Cactus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.ki.noˈkak.to/
  • Rhymes: -akto
  • Hyphenation: e‧chi‧no‧càc‧to

Noun

echinocacto m (plural echinocacti)

  1. any cactus of the Echinocactus taxonomic genus

Further reading

  • echinocacto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.