romerillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish romerillo.

Noun

romerillo (plural romerillos)

1. Any of several plants found in Latin America, often with foliage resembling rosemary leaves.
   1. Podocarpus spp. (plum pines, yellowwoods), including
      1. Podocarpus glomeratus, of equatorial montane rainforests of South America.
   2. Abies guatemalensis (Guatemalan fir)
   3. Asclepias linaria (pineneedle milkweed)
   4. Baccharis sarothroides (desert broom)
   5. Bidens alba (beggar's ticks)
   6. Suaeda nigra (bush seepweed, Mojave sea-blite)

Spanish

Etymology

From romero (“rosemary”) +‎ -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

Noun

romerillo m (plural romerillos)

1. any plant of a number of species, including:
   1. (New Mexico) silver sage (Salvia argentea)
   2. rudderfish (Centrolophus niger)

References

• Rubén Cobos (2003) A Dictionary of New Mexico & Southern Colorado Spanish‎^[1], Museum of New Mexico Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• “romerillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10