meimendro

Galician

meimendro

Alternative forms

• moimendro

Etymology

From Hispanic Late Latin milimindrum (7th century, Isidore of Seville), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably from a Celtic composite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mei̯ˈmendɾʊ]

Noun

meimendro m (plural meimendros)

1. henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)

   Synonyms: beleño, arangaños, herba dos ouvidos, herba do gorgullo

Related terms

• Meimendro branco

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “meimendro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “meimendro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mejˈmẽ.dɾu/ [meɪ̯ˈmẽ.dɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mejˈmẽ.dɾu/ [meɪ̯ˈmẽ.dɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mejˈmẽ.dɾo/ [meɪ̯ˈmẽ.dɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐjˈmẽ.dɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐjˈmẽ.dɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mejˈmẽ.dɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /mejˈmẽ.dɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /meˈmẽ.dɾu/

• Hyphenation: mei‧men‧dro

Noun

meimendro m (plural meimendros)

1. henbane (Hyoscyamus niger, a poisonous herb)