gramegna

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin grāminea, feminine form of grāmineus (“grassy”); compare Italian gramigna.

Noun

gramegna f (plural gramegne)

  1. couch grass, quackgrass (Elymus repens)

Further reading
  • Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “gramegna”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 313
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