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

• IPA^(key): /ˈzĩ.bɾu/

• Hyphenation: zim‧bro

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Noun

zimbro m (plural zimbros)

1. juniper (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus)

   Synonym: junípero

Derived terms

• zimbral