brecco
Italian
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly akin to German Brache (“fallow”). For semantics, compare Albanian fëng (“Chrysopogon gryllus; uncultivated land”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbrecco m (plural brecchi)
- (Tuscany) Synonym of erba da spazzola (“Chrysopogon gryllus”)
Further reading
edit- brecco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana