orval

English

Etymology

French orvale.

Noun

orval (uncountable)

1. Salvia viridis, a kind of sage.

Translations

Salvia viridis

• Czech: šalvěj zahradní
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὅρμινον n (hórminon)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “orval”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• roval, valor, volar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin aurum valet (literally “it is worth gold”), folk etymology for Latin auris galli (“cock's ear”), from auris (“ear”) and galli, genitive of gallus (“cock”). Compare French orvale (“clary sage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [urˈbal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [orˈval]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oɾˈval]

Noun

orval m (plural orvals)

1. Senecio doria, a species of ragwort.

   Synonym: allop

2. ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)

   Synonym: bufera

3. shrubby St. John's wort (Hypericum androsaemum)

   Synonym: totabona

4. clary sage

   Synonym: sàlvia romana

5. black-crowned night heron

   Synonym: martinet de nit

Further reading

• “orval”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “orval” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.