vedegambre

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish vedegambre, with dissimilation from an earlier *medegambre (cf. the attested Old Spanish megambre), from Latin medicāmine, singular ablative of medicāmen (or from the genitive medicāminis).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bedeˈɡambɾe/ [be.ð̞eˈɣ̞ãm.bɾe]
Rhymes: -ambɾe
Syllabification: ve‧de‧gam‧bre

Noun

vedegambre m (plural vedegambres)

(botany) hellebore
Synonym: eléboro

References

Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983) “vedegambre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 752

Further reading

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

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