poexo

• poenxo, poxo, puexo

Attested since circa 1750. From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Latin pūlegium. Cognate with Portuguese poejo, Spanish poleo.

• IPA^(key): [poˈeʃʊ]

poexo m (plural poexos)

1. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “poexo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “poexo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “poexo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN