torvisco

Spanish

Alternative forms

  • torrisco

Etymology

From Hispanic Late Latin turbiscus, idem, attested by Isidore of Seville; from Vulgar Latin *turbiscāre, from Latin turbāre (“to disturb”).[1] Compare Portuguese trovisco, Galician trobisco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toɾˈbisko/ [t̪oɾˈβ̞is.ko]
  • Rhymes: -isko
  • Syllabification: tor‧vis‧co

Noun

torvisco m (plural torviscos)

  1. (botany) flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)
    Synonym: matagallina

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “torvisco”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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