lletsó

• lletissó, llecsó

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lactitiōne, alteration of *lacticīnus from lac, lactis (“milk”). Compare lacticīnium (“milk product”). Feeding these plants to livestock was once thought to promote lactation.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʎətˈso]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ʎetˈso]

lletsó m (plural lletsons)

1. sow thistle

• lletsó d'ase
• lletsó de muntanya

• lletuga

• “lletsó”, 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