passacamins

Catalan

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of passa (“passes”) +‎ camins (“roads”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˌpa.sə.kəˈmins]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˌpa.sa.kaˈmins]

Noun

passacamins m (invariable)

1. common knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)

   Synonyms: centinòdia, herba de cent nusos, meligó

Further reading

• “passacamins”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007