azevinho

Portuguese

azevinho (Ilex aquifolium)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese *azevinno, diminutive of *azevo (Compare Spanish acebo, Galician acivro, acevo), from Vulgar Latin *acifolium, from Latin aquifolium.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zɨ.ˈvi.ɲu/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ze.ˈvi.ɲu/
Hyphenation: a‧ze‧vi‧nho

Noun

azevinho m (plural azevinhos)

holly (any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Ilex)

Related terms

Azevedo

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