painço

Portuguese
painço (Panicum miliaceum)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese painço, peinço (earlier *pãiço), from Late Latin pānīcium, from Latin pānīcum, from pānus (“ear of millet”).

Cognate with Galician paínzo and Spanish panizo.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ˈĩ.su/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧in‧ço

Noun

painço m (plural painços)

  1. millet, any grass in the genus Panicum
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