llémena

Catalan

Etymology

Formed as a singular from Old Catalan llémenes, feminine of a masculine plural llémens, from a Vulgar Latin *lēndinem, accusative of *lēndō or *lēndis, as a variant of Latin lēns, lēndem (perhaps altered under the influence of Latin cimex, cimicem). Compare Portuguese lêndea, Italian lendine, Romanian lindină.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʎe.mə.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʎe.me.na]

Noun

llémena f (plural llémenes)

1. A nit.
2. (textiles, usually in the plural) A small defect in a piece of cloth with the appearance of a nit.
3. A hedgehog mushroom (Hydnum repandum), so named from having bodies with the appearance of a nit instead of gills on the underside of the fruiting body to disperse the spores.

See also

• poll (louse)