cagatripa

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Catalan[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Modification by folk etymology of Medieval Latin calcitrapa or calcatrippa (“caltrop”). Equivalent to verb-object compound, composed of caga (“to shit”) +‎ tripa (“seeds”).

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Noun[edit]

cagatripa f (invariable)

  1. (dialectal) red starthistle (Centaurea calcitrapa)
    Synonym: obriülls

Further reading[edit]

  • “cagatripa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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