gavó
Catalan
Alternative forms
- gaó
Etymology
From Paleo-Hispanic word *ajauga, cognate with Occitan agavon, French ajon.
Pronunciation
Noun
gavó m (plural gavons)
- restharrow (plant of the genus Ononis)
- yellow restharrow (Ononis natrix)
- Synonyms: gaó groc, llentia borda, motxa, ungla de gat
Derived terms
- gavó aragonès
- gavó fruticós
Further reading
- “gavó”, 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
- “gavó”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “gavó” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.