alhelí
Spanish
Alternative forms
- alelí
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic الْخَيْرِيّ (al-ḵayriyy) with the same meaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleˈli/ [a.leˈli]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: al‧he‧lí
Noun
alhelí m (plural alhelís or alhelíes)
- wallflower (several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the genus Erysimum)
- Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima
- Synonym: mahonesa
Derived terms
Further reading
- “alhelí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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