matacà

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) +‎ ca (“dog”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌma.təˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌma.taˈka]

matacà m (plural matacans)

1. (architecture) machicolation
2. strychnine tree (Strychnos nux-vomica)

   Synonym: nou vòmica

3. (in the plural) dwarf elder

• “matacà”, 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
• “matacà” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.