piorno

Galician
piornos
piornos

Etymology

Obscure. Perhaps from Latin vīburnum under the influence of pinus (“pine tree”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piˈoɾno̝/

Noun

piorno m (plural piornos)

  1. name applied to a number of broom species, most notably those distributed in mountainous, colder, or dryer areas, among them:
    1. Adenocarpus complicatus
      Synonym: codeso
    2. white broom (Cytisus multiflorus)
      Synonym: xesta branca
  2. kind of hórreo

References
  • “piorn” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “piorno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “piorno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “piorno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. piorno.
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