aréola

See also: areola

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin areola.

Noun

aréola f (plural aréolas)

(anatomy) areola (circle around the nipple)
flowerbed (place where flowers are grown)
(botany) areole (bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines)

Related terms

área

Spanish

Noun

aréola f (plural aréolas)

Alternative form of areola

Further reading

“aréola” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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