dentabrún

Galician

Fieto Real or Dentabrún, Ribeira, Galicia

Alternative forms

dentabrú, dentagrón, dentagrúo, dentragón, dentabruño, dentagruño

Etymology

Debated.[1] Apparently a compound: dente (“tooth”) + abruño (“sloe”) / agrión (“watercress”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dentaˈβɾuŋ/, /dɛntaˈβɾuŋ/

Noun

dentabrún m (plural dentabrúns)

royal fern (Osmunda regalis)
Synonyms: dentexil, fieito real, osmunda

References

“dentabrún” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“dentabrún” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“dentabrún” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

José Luis Pensado (1974) Opúsculos lingüísticos gallegos del siglo XVIII‎, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN, retrieved 8 May 2018, pages 85–86

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