bessó

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bəˈso/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /beˈso/
• Rhymes: -o

Of Unknown origin. Suggestions have included Proto-Indo-European *bekione (“double, partner”), Latin *bissōne (“double”), and a pre-Roman *bikione related to the Basque terms biki (“twin”), biko (“pair”), and bikun (“double”). Compare also Occitan besson, from the same Old Occitan root.

una cirera bessona
a conjoined cherry

bessó (feminine bessona, masculine plural bessons, feminine plural bessones)

1. twin
2. (botany) relating to conjoined fruits that are usually separate

• arbre bessó

bessó m (plural bessons, feminine bessona)

1. twin

Probably from a semantic variation of ametlla bessona (“conjoined almond”).

bessó m (plural bessons)

1. the meat of a nut; especially an almond
2. the meat of a fruit or vegetable
3. bone marrow
4. the meat or essence of something

• “bessó” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.