saúco

See also: sauco and saŭco

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sabuco, from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus. With the case of Spanish, it was influenced in Vulgar Latin by the suffix -uccus (hence the -c- instead of expected -g-). Compare Galician and Portuguese sabugo, Catalan saüc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈuko/ [saˈu.ko]
• Rhymes: -uko
• Syllabification: sa‧ú‧co

Noun

saúco m (plural saúcos)

1. elder (tree)

Derived terms

• baya del saúco
• saúco menor
• saúco rojo

 

Further reading

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