espinavessa

Derived from espina vera or from Latin spina aversa (“hard thorn”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əs.pi.nəˈβɛ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [es.pi.naˈve.sa]

espinavessa f (plural espinavesses)

1. Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi)

• “espinavessa”, 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