llapó

Catalan

Etymology

Variation of llepó from llepar (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʎəˈpo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ʎaˈpo]

Noun

llapó m (plural llapons)

1. a mat-like growth of algae, mosses, lichens, etc. which thrives underwater or in areas of high humidity
2. any of various aquatic plants with a tendency to form such mats

Derived terms

• llapó argilenc (“spiny water nymph, Najas marina”)
• llapó anguilenc (“watermilfoil, Myriophyllum spicatum”)
• llapó de llavoreta (“duckweed, Lemna minor”)
• llapó de mar (“beaked tasselweed, Ruppia maritima”)
• llapó filós (“horned pondweed, Zannichellia”)
• llapó fullat (“curled pondweed, Potamogeton crispus”)
• llapó negre (“sago pondweed, Potamogeton pectinatus”)
• llapó pudent (“common stonewort, Chara vulgaris”)
• llapó punxenc (“hornwort, Ceratophyllum demersum”)

Further reading

• “llapó” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.