beleño

Spanish

Alternative forms

• veleño (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Spanish bellinno, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish belenion (Pseudo-Aristotle, De plantis, 7.821); akin to Welsh bela ‘henbane’, Old Irish béal ‘sun’. Related to belesa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈle.ɲo/
• Rhymes: -eɲo

Noun

beleño m (plural beleños)

1. henbane (plant)

Derived terms

• beleño negro