couselo

See also: Couselo

Galician

couselos (Umbilicus rupestris)

Etymology

From Late Latin *capsellus (“capsule; little box”) or calicellus (“little calix”). The plant's name was probably also influenced by early Medieval Latin cappellus (“hat”), which originated one other name of the species.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kowˈselʊ]

Noun

couselo m (plural couselos)

1. (botany) navelwort, pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris)

   Synonyms: capelo, conchelo

2. receptacle
3. casket (a little box, for jewellery or for keeping the communion wafers)

   Synonym: causela

Related terms

• causela (“casket”)
• Couselo
• couso (“trap; deposit”)
• requeixo (“cornered place”)

References

• “couselo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “couselo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “couselo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “couselo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.