sanguinella

Italian

una pianta di sanguinella – a common dogwood plant

sanguinella (Digitaria sanguinalis)

Etymology

From Latin sanguis (“blood”, oblique stem sanguin-) +‎ -ella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /san.ɡwiˈnɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: san‧gui‧nèl‧la

Noun

sanguinella f (plural sanguinelle)

1. common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)

   Synonym: sanguine

2. crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis)
3. Ellipsis of arancia sanguinella (“blood orange”).
4. (mineralogy) red jasper

See also

• corniolo

Further reading

• Cornus sanguinea on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• sanguinella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana