surbia

Galician
surbia ("white hellebore"

Etymology

Unknown. As with many other medicinal or venomous plants, its name can derive from a substrate language.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsuɾβjɐ]

Noun

surbia f (plural surbias)

  1. white hellebore (Veratrum album)
  2. spurge (Euphorbia lathyris and Euphorbia helioscopia)

References
  • “surbia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “surbia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
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