menstruço

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nasturtĭum (“cress”).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽsˈtɾu.su/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mẽʃˈtɾu.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mẽsˈtɾu.so/

  • Rhymes: -usu
  • Hyphenation: mens‧tru‧ço

Noun

menstruço m (plural menstruços)

  1. (botany) Dysphania ambrosioides

References

  1. ^ “menstruço”, in Grande Dicionário Houaiss ‎[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Antônio Houaiss, 2012, via UOL, etim.
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