xương rồng

Vietnamese

Etymology

xương (“bone”) +‎ rồng (“dragon”). Compare Chinese 龍骨花／龙骨花 (long cốt hoa).

In the Dictionarium Anamitico-Latinum (1838), it was glossed as species euphorbiæ (“Euphorbia species”).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [sɨəŋ˧˧ zəwŋ͡m˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [sɨəŋ˧˧ ʐəwŋ͡m˦˩]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [sɨəŋ˧˧ ɹəwŋ͡m˨˩]

Noun

(classifier cây) xương rồng

cactus

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