azevinho

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese *azevinno, diminutive of *azevo (Compare Spanish acebo, Galician acivro, acevo), from Vulgar Latin *acifolium, from Latin aquifolium.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -iɲu, (Brazil) -ĩɲu
  • Hyphenation: a‧ze‧vi‧nho

Noun

azevinho m (plural azevinhos)

  1. holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Further reading

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