alfavaca

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === alfabaca, alfádega, alfávega === Etymology === From Arabic الحَبَق (al-ḥabaq, “basil”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧fa‧va‧ca === Noun === alfavaca f (plural alfavacas) basil (plant or culinary herb) Synonym: manjericão === Further reading === “alfavaca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alfavaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026