tamariu

Catalan

Alternative forms

tamarell, tamarí, tamaril, tamarill, tamarisc, tamarit, tamariua, tamaró

Etymology

From Latin tamarīcem (“tamarisk”). Cognate of Spanish tamariz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tə.məˈɾiw]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ta.maˈɾiw]
Rhymes: -iw

Noun

tamariu m (plural tamarius)

a tamarisk, especially the French tamarisk (Tamarix gallica)

Synonyms

(French tamarisk): tamariu gàl·lic, gatell (Urgell)

Further reading

“tamariu” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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