alfábega
See also: alfàbega
Galician
Etymology
From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq, “basil”).
Noun
alfábega f (plural alfábegas)
- basil (plant or culinary herb)
- Synonym: monforadiña
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfábega”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega