abrótea

== Galician == === Alternative forms === abriota, abroita, abrota, abrótega, abrótiga === Etymology === First attested in 1409. From *abrottena or *abrottina, probably from Latin abrotanum (“wormwood”), from Ancient Greek ἀβρότονον (abrótonon, “wormwood, southernwood”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈbɾɔtea/ [aˈβ̞ɾɔ.t̪e.ɐ] Rhymes: -ɔtea Hyphenation: a‧bró‧te‧a === Noun === abrótea f (plural abróteas) white asphodel (Asphodelus albus) its dry stalk, which was used as a torch Synonyms: agucio, gamón ==== Derived terms ==== collón de abrótega abrotal Brotiais === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “abrot”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abrotea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abrótea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abrótea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin abrotanum. Doublet of abrótano and abrótono. === Pronunciation === === Noun === abrótea f (plural abróteas) branched asphodel (Asphodelus ramosus, a herb of the Mediterranean region) Synonyms: abrótiga, abrótega forkbeard (Phycis phycis, a hake of the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic) Synonym: brota Brazilian codling (Urophycis brasiliensis, a hake of the southern Atlantic coast of South America) Argentine hake (Merluccius hubbsi, a hake of the Argentine coast) === Further reading === “abrótea”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “abrótea”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026