quejigo
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Quercus_faginea_centenario.jpg/220px-Quercus_faginea_centenario.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of earlier cajigo, from Asturian caxigu (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *cassicu (compare Aragonese caixico), from *cass- (“twisted, gnarled”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”)); akin to French chêne (“oak”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quejigo m (plural quejigos)
- Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
- a small oak, or one that is not fully grown
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quejigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Quercus faginea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Quercus faginea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies