mancenilha
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish manzanilla.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.seˈni.ʎɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.seˈni.ʎa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.sɨˈni.ʎɐ/
- Hyphenation: man‧ce‧ni‧lha
Noun
mancenilha f (plural mancenilhas)
- (botany) manchineel tree
- Synonyms: árvore-da-morte, mancenilheira
- olive variety
Further reading
- “mancenilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025