malvavisco
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
malvavisco m (plural malvaviscos)
- marshmallow (Althaea officinalis, a species of mallow)
- Synonyms: alteia, malva-branca
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Medieval Latin malvaviscus, from Latin malva (“mallow”) + hibiscum (“marshmallow”), from Ancient Greek ἱβίσκος (hibískos). Cognate with English mallow, mauve, hibiscus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
malvavisco m (plural malvaviscos)
Further reading[edit]
- “malvavisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Portuguese lemmas
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- pt:Mallow subfamily plants
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- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/isko
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- Spanish lemmas
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- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Botany
- Chilean Spanish
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- es:Mallow subfamily plants
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