azevinho

Portuguese

azevinho (Ilex aquifolium)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.zɨ.ˈvi.ɲu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ze.ˈvi.ɲu/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ze‧vi‧nho

Noun

azevinho m (plural azevinhos)

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