almez

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الميس (al-méys), from Arabic مَيْس (mays, “a kind of tree”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Spain) /alˈmeθ/ [alˈmeθ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /alˈmes/ [alˈmes]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -es
  • Syllabification: al‧mez

Noun

almez m (plural almeces)

  1. (Celtis) hackberry
    Synonyms: alatonero, aligonero, alironero, (Andalucía) almecino, ladonero, latonero, ledonero, lironero, llidonero, lodoño, lotono, ramón
  2. (Celtis australis L.)[1] Mediterranean hackberry

Derived terms

References
  1. Font Quer, Pío, «61. ALMEZ», Plantas medicinales - El Dioscórides renovado, 2002, Barcelona: Península, 1999, p. 131. →ISBN

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