saragatona
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish zaragatona, from Andalusian Arabic زَرْقَطُونَا (zarqaṭūnā), from Classical Syriac ܙܪܱܥ ܩܱܛܘܿܢܳܐ (zəraʿ qaṭṭōnā, “fleawort”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
saragatona f (plural saragatones)
- branched plantain (Plantago afra)
- Synonym: herba pucera
- black psyllium (seeds of the branched plantain used as a laxative)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “saragatona”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “saragatona” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.