espantallops

Verb-object compound, composed of espanta (“scares”) +‎ llops (“wolves”). According to a popular belief, the rattling of the seed pods in the wind frightens wolves.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˌpan.təˈʎops]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˌpan.taˈʎops]

espantallops m (invariable)

1. bladder-senna (Colutea arborescens)

• “espantallops”, 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