palmito
English edit
Noun edit
palmito (plural palmitos or palmitoes)
- Synonym of heart of palm
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From palma + -ito, from Latin palma (“palm tree”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pal‧mi‧to
Noun edit
palmito m (plural palmitos)
- heart of palm (a vegetable harvested from the inner core and growing bud of certain palm trees)
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From palma + -ito, from Latin palma (“palm tree”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
palmito m (plural palmitos)
Descendants edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “palmito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014