matafaluga

• batafaluga

Alteration (influenced by mata (“shrub”)) of earlier batafaluga, from (a)batafalua, borrowed from Arabic الْحَبَّةْ الْحُلْوَة (al-ḥabbat al-ḥulwa, “the sweet grain”), from حَبَّة (ḥabba, “grain”) and حُلْو (ḥulw, “sweet”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.tə.fəˈlu.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ta.faˈlu.ɣa]

matafaluga f (plural matafalugues)

1. anise (plant)

   Synonym: anís

• “matafaluga”, 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