alhelí

Spanish

Alternative forms

• alelí

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْخَيْرِيّ (al-ḵayriyy) with the same meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleˈli/ [a.leˈli]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: al‧he‧lí

Noun

alhelí m (plural alhelís or alhelíes)

1. wallflower (several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the genus Erysimum)
2. Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima

   Synonym: mahonesa

Derived terms

• alhelí blanco

 

Further reading

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