êrvedo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

êrvodo

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *erbitus, from Latin arbutus (“strawberry tree”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈeʁ.ve.du/ [ˈeɦ.ve.du]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈeɾ.ve.du/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈeʁ.ve.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈeɻ.ve.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈeɾ.vɨ.du/ [ˈeɾ.vɨ.ðu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈeɾ.bɨ.du/ [ˈeɾ.βɨ.ðu]

Hyphenation: êr‧ve‧do

Noun

êrvedo m (plural êrvedos)

(botany) strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo, a small, fruit-bearing tree of Europe)
Synonyms: ervedeiro, medronheiro

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