clust y llygoden
Welsh
Etymology
Literally, “the mouse's ear”.
Noun
clust y llygoden f (plural clustiau'r llygoden)
- mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum syn. Hieracium pilosella)[1][2]
- Synonyms: heboglys, heboglys torllwyd, heboglys blewynnog, torllwyd, torllwydig, blewynnog
- mouse-ear, mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium spp.)[3][4]
- especially common mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)[5]
- Synonym: clust-y-llygoden gulddail
- especially common mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)[5]
Derived terms
Pilosella
Cerastium
- clust-y-llygoden Alpaidd (“Alpine mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden arfor (“sea mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden bitw (“dwarf mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden fach (“little mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden gulddail (“common mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden lwyd (“grey mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden lydanddail (“sticky mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden ogleddol (“Arctic mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden Shetland (“Shetland mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden y felin (“snow-in-summer”)
- clust-y-llygoden y meysydd (“field mouse-ear”)
- clust-y-llygoden y mynyd (“starwort mouse-ear”)
References
- ^ Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “hawkweed”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003), Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)[2] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 63[3]
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003), Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)[4] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 16[5]
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “clustiaur llygoden”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur[6], retrieved 14 Sept 2025