piorno

Galician

piornos

piornos

Etymology

Obscure. Perhaps from Latin vīburnum under the influence of pinus (“pine tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈoɾno̝/

Noun

piorno m (plural piornos)

1. name applied to a number of broom species, most notably those distributed in mountainous, colder, or dryer areas, among them:
   1. Adenocarpus complicatus

      Synonym: codeso

   2. white broom (Cytisus multiflorus)

      Synonym: xesta branca

2. kind of hórreo

Related terms

• piornal
• Piornal
• Piornedo
• Piornos

References

• “piorn” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “piorno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “piorno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “piorno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjoɾno/ [ˈpjoɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -oɾno
• Syllabification: pior‧no

Noun

piorno m (plural piornos)

1. broom (the plant, not the sweepy thing)

Further reading

• “piorno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014