hortelám malavar

== Macanese == === Etymology === Literally, “Malabar mint”, possibly due to this species growing in the region of Malabar. === Noun === hortelám malavar thick-leaved lavender (Anisochilus carnosus) ==== Usage notes ==== Noted for its thick leaves, as opposed to hortelám di sopa which has thin leaves. Considered a variety of mint in Macanese and Portuguese, cf. Portuguese hortelã-de-folhas-grossas. === References === https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#h Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988), “hortelão malavar”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 459