palmita
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Spanish palmita, diminutive of palma (“palm”)
Noun[edit]
palmita (plural palmitas)
- The European fan palm, a dwarf palm in the genus Chamaerops.
- 1818, Alexander Gillespie, Gleanings and remarks, page 221:
- A house was soon observed at a distance among the palmitas, to which Francisco and the Indian directed their way, under a pretext of reconnoitering the premises, while the party were charged to remain near a conspicuous tree […]
- 1856, George John Cayley, The bridle roads of Spain, page 99:
- I wrote my journal, and grubbed up what I supposed to be a palmita-root with my navaja (clasp-knife).
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
palmita f (plural palmitas)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: palmita
Further reading[edit]
- “palmita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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