romerillo
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
romerillo (plural romerillos)
- Any of several plants found in Latin America, often with foliage resembling rosemary leaves.
- Podocarpus spp. (plum pines, yellowwoods), including
- Podocarpus glomeratus, of equatorial montane rainforests of South America.
- Abies guatemalensis (Guatemalan fir)
- Asclepias linaria (pineneedle milkweed)
- Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
- Bidens alba (beggar's ticks)
- Suaeda nigra (bush seepweed, Mojave sea-blite)
- Podocarpus spp. (plum pines, yellowwoods), including
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From romero (“rosemary”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).
Noun edit
romerillo m (plural romerillos)
- any plant of a number of species, including:
References edit
- Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “romerillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014