jonça
Catalan
Alternative forms
- junça
Etymology
Inherited from Latin iuncea, feminine of iunceus (“resembling a rush”), from iuncus (“rush”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jonça f (plural jonces)
- Aphyllanthes monspeliensis (a flowering plant endemic to the western Mediterranean)
Derived terms
- jonceda
Further reading
- “jonça”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007