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norza

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Galician

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Norza's root

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. The etymology proposed by J. Coromines for Spanish nueza seems untenable for Galician or for Portuguese norça.[1] Probably from a substrate language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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norza f (plural norzas)

  1. (botany) bryony (Bryonia dioica)
    Synonyms: boudaña, nabo caíño, saltasebes

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “nueza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos