colmenilla

Spanish

Etymology

colmena +‎ -illa

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kolmeˈniʝa/ [kol.meˈni.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kolmeˈniʝa/ [kol.meˈni.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kolmeˈniʎa/ [kol.meˈni.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kolmeˈniʃa/ [kol.meˈni.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kolmeˈniʒa/ [kol.meˈni.ʒa]

Noun

colmenilla f (plural colmenillas)

1. morel (edible mushroom of the genus Morchella)

   Synonyms: colmena, morilla, cagarria, múrgol

Further reading

• “colmenilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28