quejigo
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Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of earlier cajigo, from Asturian caxigu (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *cassicu (compare Aragonese caixico), from *cass- (“twisted, gnarled”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”)); akin to French chêne (“oak”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
quejigo m (plural quejigos)
- Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
- a small oak, or one that is not fully grown
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Further reading[edit]
- “quejigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Quercus faginea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Quercus faginea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies