escorzonera
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scorzonera.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskoɾθoˈneɾa/ [es.koɾ.θoˈne.ɾa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /eskoɾsoˈneɾa/ [es.koɾ.soˈne.ɾa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: es‧cor‧zo‧ne‧ra
Noun
escorzonera f (plural escorzoneras)
- black salsify
- Perezia multiflora, an herbaceous plant of South America.
Further reading
- “escorzonera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024