peixinho-da-horta
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Portuguese
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Etymology
[edit]Literally, “little fish of the kitchen garden”, named for its flavor.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]peixinho-da-horta m (countable and uncountable, plural peixinhos-da-horta)
- lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina)
- Synonym: peixinho
- 2024 November 18, Neide Kazue Sakugawa Shinohara, Desafios e estratégias para segurança alimentar mundial – Volume IV[1], Amplla Editora, →ISBN, page 60:
- O peixinho-da-horta (Stachys byzantina), originário da Turquia e da Ásia Central, se destaca por suas qualidades nutricionais e medicinais, bem como por seu sabor distinto, semelhante ao de peixe.
- Lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina), native to Turkey and Central Asia, stands out for its nutritional and medicinal qualities, as well as its distinct flavor, similar to that of fish.
Further reading
[edit]- “peixinho-da-horta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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