saragatona
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish zaragatona, from Andalusian Arabic زَرْقَطُونَا (zarqaṭūnā), from Classical Syriac ܙܪܱܥ ܩܱܛܘܿܢܳܐ (zəraʿ qaṭṭōnā, “fleawort”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsaragatona f (plural saragatones)
- branched plantain (Plantago afra)
- Synonym: herba pucera
- black psyllium (seeds of the branched plantain used as a laxative)
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther 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.