matacà
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + ca (“dog”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
matacà m (plural matacans)
- (architecture) machicolation
- strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica)
- Synonym: nou vòmica
- (in the plural) dwarf elder
Further reading[edit]
- “matacà” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “matacà” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.