quejigo

Spanish

Quejigo (Quercus faginea)

Alternative forms

• cajigo

Etymology

Alteration of earlier cajigo, from Asturian caxigu (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *cassicu (compare Aragonese caixico), from *cass- (“twisted, gnarled”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”)); akin to French chêne (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈxiɡo/ [keˈxi.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification: que‧ji‧go

Noun

quejigo m (plural quejigos)

1. Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)

   Synonyms: carvallo, rebollo

2. a small oak, or one that is not fully grown

Derived terms

• arce quejigo
• quejigal

 

Further reading

• “quejigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• Quercus faginea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Quercus faginea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies