zimbro

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from an earlier form *jĩbro < *jĩebro, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus. Compare Galician cimbro, Spanish enebro. Doublet of the learned borrowing junípero.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: zim‧bro
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Noun

zimbro m (plural zimbros)

  1. juniper (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus)
    Synonyms: zimbreiro, junípero
  2. juniper berry (berry-like galbulus of a juniper tree)

Derived terms

  • zimbral

Further reading

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