alfarrobeira

Portuguese

alfarrobeira

Etymology

From alfarroba + -eira.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.fa.ʁo.ˈbe(j).ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: al‧far‧ro‧bei‧ra

Noun

alfarrobeira f (plural alfarrobeiras)

  1. (botany) carob (Ceratonia siliqua, a tree of the Mediterranean region)

Synonyms

  • (carob tree): figueira-de-pitágoras, figueira-do-egipto, Pão-de-João, Pão-de-São-João

Further reading

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