llobacarda
Catalan
Alternative forms
- lloba-carda, cardalloba
Etymology
Perhaps from Medieval Latin lupi cardua (literally “wolf's thistle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ʎu.βəˈkar.də]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ʎo.bəˈkar.də]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ʎo.baˈkaɾ.ða]
Noun
llobacarda f (plural llobacardes)
- spear thistle
- Synonym: lloba
Further reading
- “llobacarda”, 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
- “llobacarda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.