lavacuncas

Galician

carqueixa or lavacuncas

Etymology

From lavar (“to wash”) + cunca (“bowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laβaˈkuŋka̝s/

Noun

lavacuncas f (invariable)

1. (botany) Genista tridentata

   Synonym: carqueixa

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lavacuncas”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lavacuncas”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega