queiroa

Galician

queiroa ("Calluna vulgaris")

Alternative forms

  • queiroga

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia *cariola.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kejˈɾɔa̝/

Noun

queiroa f (plural queiroas)

  1. (botany) heather (Calluna vulgaris)

Synonyms

References

  1. Cf. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. queiroga.
  2. Gonzalo Navaza (2006) Fitotoponimia Galega, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, →ISBN, pages 450-453.
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