escocell

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *caucellus, diminutive of caucus (“goblet”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.kuˈseʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əs.koˈseʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.koˈseʎ]

escocell m (plural escocells)

1. tree pit (excavated area around an urban tree)

• “escocell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007