zarzamora

Spanish

Etymology

From zarza (“blackberry”) +‎ mora (“mulberry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˌθaɾθaˈmoɾa/ [ˌθaɾ.θaˈmo.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˌsaɾsaˈmoɾa/ [ˌsaɾ.saˈmo.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: zar‧za‧mo‧ra

Noun

zarzamora f (plural zarzamoras)

1. blackberry (fruit of the blackberry bush)
2. blackberry bush; bramble

Related terms

• zarzaparilla f

Further reading

• “zarzamora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10