mallol

Inherited from Latin malleolus (“mallet-shoot [a slip trimmed into the shape of a small hammer for replanting]”), diminutive of malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of mal·lèol, a learned borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈʎɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈʎɔl]

mallol m (plural mallols)

1. a young grapevine (planted within the last year)

• “mallol”, 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