regaliza
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin liquiritia (via metathesis), from glycyrrhiza, a borrowing of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editregaliza f (uncountable)
- (countable) liquorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra, a leguminous plant from which a sweet, black liquor is extracted)
- Synonym: machicón
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “regaliza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega