espernallac

Perhaps from earlier *esprenalla, dissimilated form of Vulgar Latin *splenalia, from Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əs.pər.nəˈʎak]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.peɾ.naˈʎak]

espernallac m (plural espernallacs)

1. lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus)

   Synonym: camamilla groga

• “espernallac”, 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