acicula

Learned borrowing from Late Latin acicula (“hairpin”), diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”).

lbor

Scandix pecten-veneris
Scandix pecten-veneris#Translingual

shepherd's needle (Scandix pecten-veneris)


acacia

Borrowed from Latin acācia, from Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía, “shittah tree”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”). Doublet of gaggia.

der

acacia (shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae), particularly:


henna

Lawsonia inermis
Lawsonia inermis#Translingual


moro

From Latin mōrus (“black mulberry tree”), from Ancient Greek μόρον (móron).


beta

From Latin bēta, from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).


mela

it-noun

mela f (plural mele, diminutive melétta or melìna, augmentative melóna, pejorative melàccia, endearing-derogatory melùccia or melùzza)

mele (plural)
melétta (diminutive)
melìna (diminutive)
melóna (augmentative)
melàccia (pejorative)

From Late Latin mēla, from mēlum, from Latin mālum, borrowed from Doric Greek μᾶλον (mâlon, “apple”); compare Attic μῆλον (mêlon).


mate

Borrowed from Spanish mate, from Quechua mati (“gourd”).

Ilex paraguariensis
Ilex paraguariensis#Translingual


patata

→ Afar: bataatá


vinco

vinco m (plural vinchi or (poetic) vinci)

From the form vinchio, from Late Latin vinclum, from Latin vinculum. Compare the borrowed doublet vincolo.

Salix viminalis
Salix viminalis#Translingual


lattuga

lattuga f (plural lattughe, diminutive lattughìna, augmentative lattugóna or lattugóne m, pejorative lattugàccia)

lattughe (plural)
lattughìna (diminutive)
lattugóna (augmentative)
lattugóne (augmentative masculine)
lattugàccia (pejorative)

From Old Italian lattuca, from Latin lactūca.


limone

limone m (plural limoni, diminutive limoncìno or limoncèllo)

limoni (plural)
limoncìno (diminutive)
limoncèllo (diminutive)


rosa

rosèlla<q:uncommon>,rosellìna<pos:diminutive of diminutive>,rosétta,rosettìna<pos:diminutive of diminutive>

rosa f (plural rose, diminutive (uncommon) rosèlla or rosellìna (diminutive of diminutive) or rosétta or rosettìna (diminutive of diminutive))

rose (plural)
rosèlla (diminutive uncommon)
rosellìna (diminutive)
rosétta (diminutive)
rosettìna (diminutive)


mango

Borrowed from English mango, from Portuguese manga, from Malay mangga, from Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy) from மா (mā, “mango species”) + காய் (kāy, “unripe fruit”).

der

Tamil மாங்காய் (māṅkāy)


pera

From Vulgar Latin *pira, from the plural of Latin pirum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular.

farsi una pera


rutabaga

Borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).


pezzo

With a gender shift, from Latin picea, derived from pix (“pitch, tar”).

(archaic, northern Italy) Synonym of abete rosso (“Norway spruce”)


zucchina

Diminutive from zucca (“gourd, squash”) + -ina (“diminutive suffix”).


zucca

it-noun

zucca f (plural zucche, diminutive zucchétta or zucchettìna or zucchétto m or zucchettìno m or zucchìna or zucchìno m, augmentative zuccóna or zuccóne m, pejorative zuccàccia (“pumpkin, squash, head”))

zucche (plural)
zucchétta (diminutive)
zucchettìna (diminutive)
zucchétto (diminutive masculine)
zucchettìno (diminutive masculine)
zucchìna (diminutive)
zucchìno (diminutive masculine)
zuccóna (augmentative)
zuccóne (augmentative masculine)
zuccàccia (pejorative)

From Late Latin cucutia (via metathesis and apheresis), from Latin cucurbita (“gourd”). Doublet of cocuzza and cucurbita.


azalea

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”).


nocciolo

Probably derived from Latin nucleus (perhaps the variant form nuculeus), from nux (“nut”), or from the diminutive nucleolus; alternatively from nuceu(m), nuceus (“of nuts”), with influence from nocciola. Compare Sicilian nòzzulu.

uxi

il nòcciolo di un'albicocca ― an apricot kernel


agave

From New Latin Agave, from Ancient Greek Ἀγαυή (Agauḗ), name of one of the daughters of Cadmus, from ἀγαυός (agauós, “noble, illustrious”).


calla

Borrowed from translingual Calla, from Latin calla.

Zantedeschia aethiopica
Zantedeschia aethiopica#Translingual


lima

Borrowed from Arabic لِيمَة (līma), from Persian لیمو (līmū).


verbena

Borrowed from Latin verbēna. Compare the doublet vermena.


sanguine

Borrowed from Latin sanguinem (“blood”), in reference to the red colour/color of the stems.


baccara

From Latin baccaris, from Ancient Greek βάκκαρις (bákkaris, “clary”), a word borrowed from Lydian.


fiore

it-noun

fiore m (plural fiori, diminutive fiorellìno or (poetic) fiorìno or fioricìno or (archaic) fiorèllo or fiorétto, augmentative fioróne, pejorative fioràccio)

fiori (plural)
fiorellìno (diminutive)
fiorìno (diminutive poetic)
fioricìno (diminutive)
fiorèllo (archaic diminutive)
fiorétto (diminutive)
fioróne (augmentative)
fioràccio (pejorative)

→ Maltese: fjur

(also figurative) flower, bloom, blossom


girasole

English: girasole

English: Jerusalem (artichoke)

Verb-object compound, composed of gira (“to turn”) + Sole (“sun”), referring to the heliotropism of the plants when they are young.


arancio

From arancia (“orange (fruit”), from arancio (“orange (tree)”).


arancio

→ Sardinian: aràngiu

Borrowed from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “elephant taste”).


pomodoro

it-noun

pomodoro m (plural pomodori or pomidoro or (popular) pomidori)

pomodori (plural)
pomidoro (plural)
pomidori (common plural)

desctree

→ Arabic: بَنَدُورَة (banadūra) (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine)
→ Armenian: պանատուրա (panatura) (dialectal)
→ Turkish: banadura (dialectal)

desc

→ Armenian: ոսկեխնձոր (oskexnjor) (calque)

→ Georgian: ოქროვაშლა (okrovašla) (calque) (chiefly Gurian dialect)

→ English: pomodoro

→ Lithuanian: pomidòras

→ Neapolitan: pummarola

→ Polish: pomidor

desctree

→ Russian: помидо́р (pomidór)
→ Armenian: պոմիդոր (pomidor)
→ Azerbaijani: pomidor
→ Persian: پامادور (pâmâdor)
→ Bashkir: помидор (pomidor)
→ Crimean Tatar: pamidor
→ Georgian: პომიდორი (ṗomidori), პამიდორი (ṗamidori) — colloquial
→ Uyghur: پەمىدۇر (pemidur)
→ Uzbek: pomidor
→ Yakut: помидор (pomidor)
→ Yiddish: פּאָמידאָר (pomidor)

→ Ukrainian: помідор (pomidor)

Univerbation of pomo (“apple”) + d' (“of”) + oro (“gold”), literally “golden apple”. Possibly owing to the fact that the first varieties of tomatoes arriving in Europe and spreading from Spain to Italy and North Africa were yellow. Earliest attestation (of the archaic plural form pomi d'oro) goes back to Matthiolus (1544).
A red strain was later developed in Moorish Africa, which came to be known in Italy as pomo dei mori (“apple of the Moors”).

univerbation

salsa di pomodoro

pasta al pomodoro

an Italian food typically prepared with pasta, olive oil, fresh tomatoes, basil, and various other fresh ingredients. See pasta al pomodoro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Prendete pomodori di campo, perchè quelli d'orto sono più acquosi, e preferite i piccoli ai grandi.

1895, Pellegrino Artusi, “Conserva di pomodoro senza sale [Saltless tomato preserves]”, in La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene [Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well], 2nd edition, Florence, page 418:

Take field tomatoes, as those from the garden are too watery, and choose small ones over large ones. (Baca, Murtha; Sartarelli, Stephen, transl. [2003; first published 1997], University of Toronto Press)

pomo del Perù

Peruvian apple; however ambiguous as to whether he was referring to the same plant

mentioned by Anguillara in 1561 (under the plural form pomi del Perù)

pomo d'amore

therefore not to be confused with English love apple (which may have been a mistranslation of pomo d'oro or a calque of French pomme d’amour; itself a possible corruption of aforementioned Italian pomo dei mori) nor with Sicilian puma d'amuri


reina

From New Latin Rheum (genus of plants that includes rhubarb) + -ina, from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”). The acid is derived from anthraquinone, present in rhubarb leaves.

af

NL.:Rheum<pos:genus of plants that includes rhubarb>

(botany) knotweed, smartweed (Polygonaceae plants including rhubarb)


reina

(ichthyology, regional, Tuscan) carp (Cyprinus carpio)


zagara

Derived, through Sicilian zàgara, from Arabic زَهْرَة (zahra, “flower, blossom”), from the same root as زَهَرَ (zahara, “to shine, to sparkle white”). Cognate to Spanish azahar and Galician azar.

der

an orange blossom or, rarely, any citrus tree blossom


zenzero

→? Czech: zázvor

→? Slovak: zázvor

From Late Latin gingiber, Latin zingiberī.


zafferano

Borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

bor+

lesser black-backed gull
lesser black-backed gull


zibibbo

a variety of Muscat grape from Southern Italy


zizzania

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin zizania, from Ancient Greek ζιζάνια (zizánia), plural of ζιζάνιον (zizánion).


aglio

it-noun

aglio m (plural agli, diminutive agliétto)


abete

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abētem, from Classical Latin abietem.

e come abete in alto si digrada
di ramo in ramo, così quello in giuso,
cred’ io, perché persona sù non vada.

1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 133–135; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

And even as a fir-tree tapers upward from bough to bough, so downwardly did that; I think in order that no one might climb it.

fir, fir tree, particularly the silver fir (Abies alba)


primula

primula f (plural primule, diminutive primulétta)

primule (plural)
primulétta (diminutive)


petunia

From New Latin Petunia, from French petun (“obsolete word for the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.


ananas

Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).


mamma

mom (US), mommy (US), mum (UK), mummy (UK)


basilico

From Latin basilicum, from Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón), nominalized neuter form of the adjective βασιλικός (basilikós, “royal, kingly”), derived from βασιλεύς (basileús, “master; king”).

Ocimum basilicum
Ocimum basilicum#Translingual


baobab

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو حِبَاب (ʔabū ḥibāb, “father of many seeds”).

bor+

أَبُو حِبَاب


rambutan

Nephelium lappaceum
Nephelium lappaceum#Translingual


acero

From Late Latin acerus, variant of Latin acer (“maple”).


ambrosia

From Latin ambrosia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσίᾱ (ambrosíā, “immortality”).


asparago

From Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).


quinoa

it-noun

quinoa m or f (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural quinoe)

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.


durian

From English durian, from Malay durian, from Proto-Malayic *duri-an, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duʀi-an.


carciofo

→ Middle French: carchoffle

→ Polish: karczoch

→ Spanish: alcachofa

Borrowed from Siculo-Arabic, from Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf). Doublet of articiocco, which is used in northern Italy. Compare Sicilian cacòcciula.

bor

Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf)


frutto

it-noun

frutto m (plural frutti, diminutive frutterèllo or frutticèllo or fruttìno or frutticìno)

frutti (plural)
frutterèllo (diminutive)
frutticèllo (diminutive)
fruttìno (diminutive)
frutticìno (diminutive)

From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.

fruttidoro

Fructidor; a month in the French Republican Calendar

fruttifero

that produces fruit (a plant/tree), fertile (soil, ground), useful, profitable

(figurative) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence), harvest


trombone

→ English: trombone

→ Russian: тромбо́н (trombón) (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: trombón (see there for further descendants)

From tromba (“trumpet”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


polio

From [Teucrium] polium, from Late Latin polium, polion, from Ancient Greek πόλιον (pólion), from πολιός (poliós, “white, grey”).

the plant Teucrium polium (felty germander)


cornetto

From corno (“horn”, from Latin cornū) + -etto (diminutive suffix).

suffix

from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">cornū</i>


riso

From Late Latin oryza, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).


galio

Borrowed from translingual Galium, from Ancient Greek γάλιον (gálion).


giglio

From Latin lilium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion).


arachide

From Ancient Greek ἀράχιδνα (arákhidna), diminutive of ἄρακος (árakos).


origano

From Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon).

(by extension) any plant of the genus Origanum

oregano, specifically:
any plant of the genus Origanum


cipolla

it-noun

cipolla f (plural cipolle, diminutive cipollìna or cipollétta, augmentative cipollóne m, pejorative cipollàccia or cipollàccio m)

cipolle (plural)
cipollìna (diminutive)
cipollétta (diminutive)
cipollóne (augmentative masculine)
cipollàccia (pejorative)
cipollàccio (masculine pejorative)

→ Slavomolisano: čipula

Inherited from Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.

1964, Domenico Paolella, ...e poi scoppiò la guerra: ora per ora, minuto per minuto, il 31 agosto '39, V. Bompiani, page 77

Klaus takes his accurate pocketwatch from the breastpocket: seven minutes to midnight.

Klaus cava dal taschino la sua precisa cipolla: mancano sette minuti a mezzanotte.


alfa

Wikispecies ⁱᵗ
Borrowed from Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā).

a grass, Stipa tenacissima; esparto, halfa


quebracho

quebracho bianco
quebracho bianco#Italian

Ellipsis of quebracho bianco (“white quebracho”).

Ellipsis of quebracho rosso (“red quebracho”).


ruta

From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).


satsuma

1922: from Japanese 薩摩 (さつま, Satsuma); see above.

Citrus unshiu
Citrus unshiu#Translingual

satsuma (seedless cultivar of tangerine, Citrus unshiu)


scopa

scopa f (plural scope, diminutive scopìna or scopìno m or scopétta, augmentative (card game) scopóne, pejorative scopàccia)

scope (plural)
scopìna (diminutive)
scopìno (diminutive masculine)
scopétta (diminutive)
scopóne (augmentative)
scopàccia (pejorative)


ciliegio

From the Tuscan ciriegio, from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus.


ciliegia

ciliegia f (plural ciliegie or ciliege, diminutive ciliegìna, augmentative ciliegióna)

ciliegie (plural)
ciliege (plural)
ciliegìna (diminutive)
ciliegióna (augmentative)

From the variant ciriegia, from Vulgar Latin ceresia, from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin. Alternatively from ciliegio, ciriegio (Tuscan), from Late Latin ceresus, from Latin cerasus. See also cerasa. Double hypercorrectism : Tuscan corrects intervocalic R → intervocalic L (assuming that cer- is a Lombard pronunciation) ; and corrects -SA → -GIA (mistakenly assuming -sa is another Lombard pronunciation) ; same for garea→ galera, another hypercorrectism


fragola

it-noun

fragola f (plural fragole, diminutive fragolétta or fragolìna, augmentative fragolóna or fragolóne m)

fragole (plural)
fragolétta (diminutive)
fragolìna (diminutive)
fragolóna (augmentative)
fragolóne (augmentative masculine)


pino

From Latin pīnus, ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *poi- (“sap, juice”).

der

pino dai coni setolosi delle montagne Rocciose

pino di Eldar

tree of the subspecies Pinus brutia eldarica

pine, pine tree (tree of the genus Pinus)


dattero

Inherited from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos). Doublet of dattilo.

(zoology) Synonym of dattero di mare (“date mussel”)


carota

From Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτόν (karōtón).


maro

From Latin marum, from Ancient Greek μᾶρον (mâron).


sapodilla

Borrowed from English sapodilla. Doublet of sapotiglia.

Manilkara zapota
Manilkara zapota#Translingual


glicine

From translingual Glycine, derived from Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”).


lino

From Latin līnum, from Proto-Indo-European *līnom.


noce

it-noun

noce f (plural noci, diminutive nocìna, augmentative nocióna)

noci (plural)
nocìna (diminutive)
nocióna (augmentative)

Inherited from Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


narciso

From Latin narcissus, from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).


cerro

Quercus cerris
Quercus cerris#Translingual


palma

From Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂.


costo

Borrowed from Latin costum, costus, from Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Saussurea costus
Saussurea costus#Translingual


costo

Borrowed from translingual Costus, from Latin costus.

(botany) any of the plants of the genus Costus


stevia

Borrowed from translingual Stevia, taxonomic genus named after 16ᵗʰ century Spanish botanist Pedro Jaime Esteve (latinized as Petrus Jacobus Stevus).


lenticchia

From Vulgar Latin *lenticla, syncopated form of Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns.


pomelo

Citrus maxima
Citrus maxima#Translingual


albicocca

From Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”). Doublet of precoce.

uder

اَلْبَرْقُوق


albicocca

اَلْبَرْقُوق


erba

From Latin herba, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).

der

erba medicinale


carvi

From Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ).


feno

Venetian Slang, contraction of fenocio (finocchio)


balilla

a member of a Fascist paramilitary youth movement in the time of Benito Mussolini


fagiolino

(usually in the plural) green bean (immature pod of beans eaten as a vegetable)


belladonna

Interpreted by folk etymology as bella (“beautiful”) + donna (“lady”), from Medieval Latin blādōna (“nightshade”), from Gaulish *blātōnā, blātunā, from Proto-Celtic *blātus (“flower”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰléh₃tus, from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Atropa belladonna
Atropa belladonna#Translingual

deadly nightshade, belladonna (Atropa belladonna)


fagiolo

it-noun

fagiolo m (plural fagioli, diminutive fagiolétto or fagiolìno, augmentative fagiolóne, pejorative fagiolàccio)

fagioli (plural)
fagiolétto (diminutive)
fagiolìno (diminutive)
fagiolóne (augmentative)
fagiolàccio (pejorative)

→ Serbo-Croatian: fažola

→ Slavomolisano: fažo

From Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos) or related to it. Unrelated to fava.


olmo siberiano

olmo siberiano m (plural olmi siberiani)


senape

From Latin sinapi, from Ancient Greek σίναπι (sínapi). Compare Sicilian sinapi.


cipollina

erba cipollina, aglio ungherese, porro settile


cavolfiore

→ German: Karfiol

→ Hungarian: karfiol

desctree

→ Polish: kalafior
→ Yiddish: קאַליפֿיאָר (kalifyor)


barbabietola

From barba (“beard”) + bietola (“beet”).


menta piperita

it-noun

menta piperita f (plural mente piperite)


cappero

From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis), from the Arabic: Kabir.

Capparis spinosa
Capparis spinosa#Translingual

caper (plant Capparis spinosa, and its edible flower bud)


barbabietola da zucchero

barbabietola da zucchero f (plural barbabietole da zucchero)


cetriolo

→ English: jadrool

From Vulgar Latin *citriŏlum. Doublet of citrullo.

cetriolo sottaceto


cicoria

desctree

→ German: Zichorie, Cichorie (obsolete)
→ Swedish: cikoria
→ Finnish: sikuri

First attested 1361. From Medieval Latin or Late Latin *cichōria, from the plural of Latin cichōrium, from Ancient Greek κιχώριον (kikhṓrion).


bietola

From Latin bēta, probably influenced by blitum (a kind of spinach). Compare French blette.

Beta vulgaris
Beta vulgaris#Translingual


pisello

desc

→ Arabic: بَازِلَّاء (bāzillāʔ)

→ Arabic: بَازِلَّاء (bāzillāʔ)

→ Greek: μπιζέλι (bizéli) (via the plural)

→ Turkish: bezelye

From Vulgar Latin *pisellum, diminutive of Latin pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).


cumino

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: кумин, комин, кимин, кмин

Latin script: kumin, komin, kimin, kmin

→ Slovene: kumin, kumina, kmin, tmin

From Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon).


melanzana

→ Byzantine Greek: μελιτζάνα (melitzána)

Greek: μελιτζάνα (melitzána)

→ Austrian German: Melanzani

→ Greek: μελιτζάνα (melitzána)

→ Macedonian: малиџано (malidžano)

→ English: malidzano

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: меланцана

Latin script: melancana

→ Slovene: melancána

→ Tigrinya: መለንዛና (mälänzana)

From Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān), from now archaic Persian بادنگان (bâdengân), from Sanskrit भण्डाकी (bhaṇḍākī) or वातिगगम (vātigagama, “eggplant, aubergine”), reshaped under the influence of mela (“apple”). Compare Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), Sicilian milinciana and Medieval Latin mēlongēna.

der

Arabic بَاذِنْجَان (bāḏinjān)


scorzonera

Scorzonera hispanica
Scorzonera hispanica#Translingual

black salsify (Pseudopodospermum hispanicum, syn. Scorzonera hispanica)


ravanello

From rafano (“horseradish”) + -ello (diminutive suffix). Compare Portuguese rabanete and Spanish rábano, rabanito.

affix

Raphanus sativus
Raphanus sativus#Translingual


cece

From Latin cicer, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱiḱer- (“pea”).


prezzemolo

A syncope of earlier pretosemolo, with metathesis from petrosemolo, from a cross of Latin petroselīnum and sēmen (thus "stone seed") as in Sardinian perdusèmene. The Latin word borrowed from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon), from πέτρα (pétra, “stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”).

der

πετροσέλῑνον


dragoncello

From dragone (“dragon”) + -cello (diminutive suffix).

suffix

Artemisia dracunculus
Artemisia dracunculus#Translingual


melo

From Vulgar Latin melus, from Latin mālus.


spinacio

qualifier

final -t perhaps influenced by <i class="Latn mention" lang="de">Salat</i>

→ Middle High German: spināt (final -t perhaps influenced by Salat)

desctree

German: Spinat
→ Kashubian: szpinat
→ Russian: шпинат (špinat)
→ Bashkir: шпинат (şpinat)
→ Serbo-Croatian: шпинат / špìnāt
→ Ukrainian: шпина́т (špynát)

From Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ (espanâx), probably through Ibero-Romance.

derived

Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ (ʔisfānāḵ)

Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleracea#Translingual


peperone

it-noun

peperone m (plural peperoni, diminutive peperoncino)

peperoni (plural)
peperoncino (diminutive)

→ English: pepperoni

→ German: Peperoni


radicchio

→ English: radicchio

→ German: Radicchio

desc

→ Greek: ραδίκιον (radíkion), ραδίκιν (radíkin), ραδίκι (radíki)

ραντίτσιο (rantítsio), ραντίκιο (rantíkio)

→ Ottoman Turkish: رادیكیه (radikiye)

→ Armenian: ըռատիքյա (əṙatikʻya)

From Latin rādīcula (“little root”) (with early loss of /u/ and a change in gender), from rādīc- (“root”). Compare Romanian ridiche.

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual


broccolo

→ Catalan: bròquil

→ English: broccolo, broccoli

Diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“projecting, pointed”), of Gaulish origin, related to Gaelic brog (“awl”). Cognate with Sicilian vròcculu.


finocchio

→ Albanian: finok

→ English: finocchio

→ Greek: φινόκιο (finókio)

From Late Latin fēnuculum (contracted to a later Vulgar Latin form *fenuclum), from a diminutive of Latin fēnum. The slang sense is of Tuscan origin and probably derives from the archaic meaning “worthless person”, although many different folk etymologies exist.


batata

Borrowed from Spanish batata, from Taíno batata.


mandarancio

From mandarino (“mandarin”) + arancio (“orange (tree)”).


melagrana

From the variant melagranata, from Vulgar Latin *melum granatum (cf. Italian melogranato, melograno), from Latin mālogrānātum or mālagrānātum.


lampone

Borrowed from Gallo-Italic, compare Piedmontese àmpola, Lombard ampon, Venetan ampoma, ampómola, with the initial l- by concretion of the definite article.


melograno

From melogranato, from Vulgar Latin *melum granatum, from Latin mālogrānātum or mālagrānātum.


nespola

From Vulgar Latin *nespirum, from Latin mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). Compare Portuguese nêspera and Spanish níspero.


prugna

From Vulgar Latin *prunea, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon).


nespolo

Inherited from Latin mespilum, which borrowed it from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon). For the unexpected /o/ in the second syllable of nespolo, compare -evole.


cocomero

it-noun

cocomero m (plural cocomeri, diminutive cocomerìno or cocomerétto or cocomerèllo, augmentative cocomeróne, pejorative cocomeràccio)

cocomeri (plural)
cocomerìno (diminutive)
cocomerétto (diminutive)
cocomerèllo (diminutive)
cocomeróne (augmentative)
cocomeràccio (pejorative)

With ending changed to -o due to analogy, from Latin cucumerem (“cucumber”).

Citrullus lanatus
Citrullus lanatus#Translingual

watermelon, specifically:
the plant Citrullus lanatus


melone

melone m (plural meloni, diminutive meloncìno)

→ German: Melone

→ Hunsrik: Mëlon

From Late Latin mēlōnem, shortening of Latin mēlopepō, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn, “melon”).


mandarino

mandarin (bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire)


ribes

→ Mòcheno: ribes

From Medieval Latin ribes (“currant”), from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”), from Persian ریواس (rivâs, “rhubarb”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb; fennel”).


pastinaca

From Latin pastinaca (“parsnip, carrot”), from pastinum (“two-pronged fork”); related to pastināre (“to dig up the ground”).


polenta

→ Catalan: polenta

→ English: polenta

→ Finnish: polenta

→ French: polenta

→ German: Polenta, Plente

→ Turkish: polenta


fico

it-noun

fico m (plural fichi, diminutive fichìno, augmentative ficóne, pejorative ficàccio, derogatory ficùccio)

fichi (plural)
fichìno (diminutive)
ficóne (augmentative)
ficàccio (pejorative)
ficùccio (derogatory)


fico

From Romanesco fico, desuffixation of ficaccio, popular corruption of efficace. Often connected to fica, but this has been shown to be wrong.


fico

it-adj

fico (feminine fica, masculine plural fichi, feminine plural fiche, superlative fichissimo)

fica (feminine)
fichi (masculine plural)
fiche (feminine plural)
fichissimo (superlative)


porro

→ Alemannic German: Bor


cavolo rapa

it-noun

cavolo rapa m (plural cavoli rapa or cavoli rape)

cavoli rapa (plural)
cavoli rape (plural)


cavolo cappuccio

cavolo cappuccio m (plural cavoli cappucci)


brusca

brusca f (plural brusche, diminutive bruschétta (“dry twig”) or bruschìno (“scrubbing brush”))

brusche (plural)
bruschétta (diminutive)
bruschìno (diminutive)

From Late Latin bruscus (“butcher's broom”).


astro

Borrowed from Latin astēr, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr).

(botany) one of various plants in the genus Aster; aster


canapa

From Late Latin canapa, from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of the borrowing cannabis. Compare Sicilian cànnavu and English canvas.

Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa#Translingual


ciclamino

Borrowed from Latin cyclamīnos, from Ancient Greek κυκλάμινος (kukláminos).

color between pink and purple, typical of this flower


fava

From Latin faba, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ- (“bean”).


cocco

→ Middle French: coche

French: coco

From Portuguese coco. Doublet of cocco (“cochineal”) and coque.

doublet

(mycology) Synonym of ovolo (“Caesar's mushroom”)


pioppo

From Vulgar Latin *ploppus, from Latin pōpulus, following metathesis and contraction.


oliva

From Latin olīva, from Etruscan 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (eleiva) or from Pre-Classical Ancient Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa) (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀨𐀷 (e-ra-wa), Ancient Greek ἐλαία (elaía)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁loywom.


giunco di palude

it-noun

giunco di palude m (plural giunchi di palude)


verdone

From verde (“green”) + -one (augmentative suffix).

affix

Chloris chloris
Chloris chloris#Translingual

European greenfinch, greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

Synonym of verdesca (“blue shark (Prionace glauca)”)

Synonym of verdona (“common mora (Mora moro)”)

Synonym of colombina verde (“green-cracking russula (Russula virescens)”)


taccola

Pisum sativum
Pisum sativum#Translingual


taccola

Borrowed from Lombardic tahā, tahhala. Compare German Dohle (“jackdaw”).

Coloeus monedula
Coloeus monedula#Translingual

(figurative, obsolete):
gossip, tittle-tattle


pigliamosche

Verb-object compound, composed of piglia (“to grab”) + mosche (“flies”).


sorba

From Vulgar Latin *sorbea, *sorba, from Latin sorbus (“tree of the genus Sorbus: service tree, rowan, etc.”). Related to sorbo.


sorbo

Sorbus domestica
Sorbus domestica#Translingual


portulaca

Borrowed from translingual Portulaca, from Latin portulāca. Doublet of porcacchia.

purslane (any plant of the family Portulacaceae)


mirto

From Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).


pepe

From Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), via Middle Persian from an Indo-Aryan source.


rafano

From Latin raphanus, from Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos). Cognate with Piedmontese ràfan.


grano

From Latin grānum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

ingranare

to engage; to mesh; to fit in, get along


vegetale

From Medieval Latin vegetālis, from Latin vegetō.


bieta

From Latin bēta, from Celtic. See also bietola. Probably influenced by blitum (a kind of spinach); compare French blette.

(archaic, chiefly regional) Synonym of bietola


arancia

it-noun

arancia f (plural arance, diminutive arancìna)

desctree

→ Old Occitan: auranja
Occitan: irange
→ Old French: orenge, orange
Middle French: orange, orenge
French: orange (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: orenge, arange, araunge, orange, orynge
English: orange
→ Esperanto: oranĝo
→ Japanese: オレンジ (orenji)
→ Kashubian: orendż (Canada, United States)
→ Korean: 오렌지 (orenji)
→ Makah: ʔo·linčas
→ Malay: oren
→ Marshallese: oran
Scots: orange, oranger
Norman: orange

Feminine form of arancio (“orange (tree)”), from Persian نارنگ (nârang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga).


clematide

From New Latin, from Latin clematis, from Ancient Greek κληματίς (klēmatís, “brushwood, clematis”), from κλήμα (klḗma, “vine, branch with vines”).


tulipano

→ Alemannic German: Tulipaane

→ Czech: tulipán

→ Danish: tulipan

→ Hungarian: tulipán

→ Norwegian: tulipan

→ Occitan: tulipan

→ Polish: tulipan

→ Serbo-Croatian: tulipan / тулипан


papavero

From Vulgar Latin *papāverum, from Latin papāver (“poppy”).


giacinto

From Medieval Latin jacintus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers; a blue precious stone”).

der

(mineralogy) jacinth (variety of zircon)


margherita

From earlier margarita, from Latin margarīta, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs), from a loanword of Eastern origin.

[...] e la maggiore e la più luculenta ¶ di quelle margherite innanzi fessi, ¶ per far di sé la mia voglia contenta.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXII, p. 401, vv. 28-30:

… and now the largest and most luculent ¶ among those pearls came forward, that it might ¶ make my desire concerning it content.


pratolina

Bellis perennis
Bellis perennis#Translingual


delfinio

New Latin, from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís, “dolphin”) because of their flower shape, thought to resemble a back of a dolphin.


elleboro

Borrowed from Latin helleborus, from Ancient Greek ἑλλέβορος (helléboros).


digitale

Borrowed from Latin digitālis. Doublet of ditale, which was inherited.


ranuncolo

From Latin rānunculus. By surface analysis, rana (“frog”) + -uncolo.

surf

buttercup, crowfoot (plants within the genus Ranunculus)


bucaneve

Verb-object compound, composed of buca (“to pierce”) + neve (“snow”).


pervinca

Continues Late Latin pervinca (4th century), from Latin pervincire (“to entwine, bind, fetter”). From per- (“thoroughly”) and vincio (“to bind, fetter”).


ibisco

From Latin Latin ibiscum, from Ancient Greek ἰβίσκος (ibískos).


gladiolo

Borrowed from Latin gladiolus. Compare giaggiolo.


camelia

From New Latin, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706). The Czech surname Kamel is a variant of Kamil.


gelsomino

Etymology tree
Middle Persian yʾsmn'
Classical Persian یَاسَمِین (yāsamīn)bor.
Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn)bor.
Italian gelsoinflu.
Italian gelsomino
Borrowed from Arabic يَاسَمِين (yāsamīn). influenced by gelso (“mulberry tree”).

bor+

jasmine, jessamine (plants and the perfume obtained from them)


croco

Borrowed from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos, “crocus”).


olivo

From oliva or from Vulgar Latin olīvus, from Latin olīva, olīvum.


rododendro

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).


garofano

From Latin caryophyllus, caryophyllum, caryophyllon, borrowed from Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον (karuóphullon). Compare Sicilian garòfalu.

der

Dianthus caryophyllus
Dianthus caryophyllus#Translingual

carnation, clove pink (Dianthus caryophyllus)


ginepro

From Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus.

Juniperus communis
Juniperus communis#Translingual


miseria

Borrowed from Latin miseria (“misfortune”). By surface analysis, misero + -eria.


olmo

From Latin ulmus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élem (“mountain elm”).


edera

From Latin hedera, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”).


ghianda

From Latin glāns, glāndem, with change in declension, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂- (“acorn”). Compare French gland, Romanian ghindă.


aneto

From Latin anethum, from Ancient Greek ἄνηθον (ánēthon).


faggio

From a nominalization of the Latin fāgeus, from fāgus, from Proto-Italic *fāgos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech tree”).


betulla

Borrowed from Latin betulla, diminutive of Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.
Compare Portuguese bétula, Spanish abedul, Catalan bedoll, French bouleau.


cardamomo

From Latin cardamōmum, from Ancient Greek καρδάμωμον (kardámōmon).


agrume

→ French: agrume

→ Serbo-Croatian: agrumi

→ Slovene: agrumi

From Vulgar Latin or Medieval Latin ācrūmen (“something sour or bitter”), ultimately from Latin ācer (“sharp, sour, bitter”). Cognate to Old French aigrun (“sour fruit”).


vigneto

From Latin vīnētum, influenced by vigna.


iride

From Latin īris (“rainbow”), from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).

(entomology, uncountable) name of the Iris taxonomic genus of preying mantises


longan

Borrowed from Chinese 龍眼／龙眼 (lung4 ngaan5, literally, “dragon's eye”).


sparto

From Latin spartum, from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton).


teff

Unadapted borrowing from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).


mochi

Vicia ervilia
Vicia ervilia#Translingual


macis

From Medieval Latin macis, corrupted from Latin macir.


castagna

→ Danish: kastanje

→ Italiot Greek: kastagnèa

→ Norwegian: kastanje

From Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).


maggiociondolo

it-noun

maggiociondolo m (plural maggiociondoli)

From maggio (“May”) + ciondolare (“to hang”), referring to the plant's flowers hanging in clusters in May.

Laburnum anagyroides
Laburnum anagyroides#Translingual

(uncountable, countable) common laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides)


fleo

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, “wool-tufted reed”).


miglio

Back-formation from the plural miglia, from Latin mīlia n pl (“thousand”) in the phrase mīlia passuum (“thousand paces”). Doublet of mille.

(units of measure) the Italian mile, a traditional unit of length derived from the Roman mile


fiore d'arancio

it-noun

fiore d'arancio m (plural fiori d'arancio)


sabina

Borrowed from Latin sabīna respectively its taxonomical occurrence.


mandorlo

From Vulgar Latin *amandulus, from Latin amygdalus, from Ancient Greek ἀμύγδαλος (amúgdalos), ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).


cannella

→ Greek: κανελής (kanelís)

(Tuscany) faucet, household water tap, spigot


mandorla

mandorla f (plural mandorle, diminutive mandorlina or mandorlétta)

mandorle (plural)
mandorlina (diminutive)
mandorlétta (diminutive)

→ English: mandorla

→ Galician: mandorla

→ Polish: mandorla

→ Serbo-Croatian: mandula

From Vulgar Latin *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē).


granato

it-adj

granato (feminine granata, masculine plural granati, feminine plural granate)

granata (feminine)
granati (masculine plural)
granate (feminine plural)


scalogno

From Latin ascalōnia cēpa (“onion from Ashkelon”).


lauro

Borrowed from Latin laurus. Doublet of the inherited alloro.


pesco

From Vulgar Latin *pessicus, from Latin persicus. Doublet of persico.


frassino

From Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (“birch”).

Fraxinus excelsior
Fraxinus excelsior#Translingual

common ash, European ash, ash (tree, Fraxinus excelsior)


frumento

it-noun

frumento m (plural frumenti, augmentative frumentóne)

frumenti (plural)
frumentóne (augmentative)

From Latin frumentum, from fruor (“to enjoy”).


sughero

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sūberus, from Latin sūberem.


guado

From Lombardic waid or Old High German weit, from Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd.

Isatis tinctoria
Isatis tinctoria#Translingual

dyer's woad, glastum (the plant Isatis tinctoria)


vernaccia

→ Catalan: garnatxa

any of several varieties of white grape cultivated in Liguria, Tuscany and Sardinia

any of several white wines produced from these grapes


rovere

From Latin rōbur (“hard oak”, “hardness”), from ruber (“red”) (for its reddish hardwood), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós, from the root *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).

Quercus petraea
Quercus petraea#Translingual

sessile oak, durmast oak (Quercus petraea)


quercia

From Latin quercea, nominalized feminine form of the adjective querceus (“oaken, of oak”), derived from quercus (“oak”).


brachetto

a variety of grape grown in the provinces of Asti and Alessandria in Piedmont


nebbiolo

From nebbia (“fog”) + -olo, because the grapes seem to be covered with fog. Cognate with Piedmontese nebieul.

Il nebbiolo continua a cuoprire i vigneti in tutto il resto del Canavesano, […]

1836, Rocco Ragazzoni, Repertorio d’Agricoltura e di Scienze Economiche ed Industriali, volume 3, page 273:

The nebbiolo continues to cover the vineyards in all the rest of Canavese, […]

L’uva, naturalmente, è la stessa: la singolare nebbiolo.

2011, Federico Oldenburg, translated by Luisa Cortese, Il Profumo del Vino, Planeta:

The grape, naturally, is the same: the unique nebbiolo.

(usually uncountable) Nebbiolo (grape variety)

“Dove hai preso questo Nebbiolo?”. “Non è Nebbiolo,” dice Angelo, “è Cabernet Sauvignon.”

2007, Giorgio Bocca, Il Provinciale: Settant’anni di vita italiana, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, page 289:

“Where did you get this Nebbiolo?”. “It’s not nebbiolo, said Angelo, “it is Cabernet Sauvignon.”

(usually uncountable) Nebbiolo (red wine made from Nebbiolo grapes)


malvasia

→ English: malvasia

From Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις).


padano

it-adj

padano (feminine padana, masculine plural padani, feminine plural padane)

padana (feminine)
padani (masculine plural)
padane (feminine plural)

of, pertaining to or originating in the valley of the river Po


originario

originario (feminine originaria, masculine plural originari, feminine plural originarie)

originaria (feminine)
originari (masculine plural)
originarie (feminine plural)


panico

From Latin pānicum, from pānus (“ear of millet”).

Setaria italica
Setaria italica#Translingual

foxtail millet, Italian millet (Setaria italica)


nontiscordardimé

From non (“(do) not”) + ti scordar (“(you) forget”) + di (“about”) + me (“me”).


gombo

Ultimately from Kimbundu kingombo (“okra”).

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus#Translingual


nocciola

From Vulgar Latin *nuceola, from nuceus (“of nuts”), from Latin nux (“nut”). Compare Ligurian nisêua, Sicilian nuzzola, Venetan noxeła, Romansch nitschola, and also French noisette.


luppolo

Humulus lupulus
Humulus lupulus#Translingual


vaniglia

Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina.


dragone

From earlier *dracone, from Latin dracōnem, accusative of dracō, from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare drago, from the nominative.

[…] come l’aquila
nel reluttante dragon sbramatasi
poggiando su l’ali pacate
a l’aereo nido torna e al sole

1898, Giosuè Carducci, “Cadore”, in Rime e ritmi [Rhymes and rhythms], collected in Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli, published 1906, page 982, lines 125–128:

Like the eagle, having appeased itself with the reluctant weever, resting on the peaceful wings, returns to the aerial nest, and to the sunlight

(zoology) greater weever (Trachinus draco)

(regional, Apulia) name of several species of fish in the Dasyatidae family

a rocket used to light fireworks from a distance

(astronomy, usually capitalized) Draco (constellation)


granoturco

Univerbation of grano + turco, itself a calque of New Latin frumentum turcicum. Literally, “Turkish corn”, coined by European botanists of the 1530s who were unaware that the plant was introduced from America.


anguria

From Ancient Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) (plural ἀγγούρια (angoúria)). Probably originally meaning “cucumber”.


ortica

Urtica dioica
Urtica dioica#Translingual

stinging nettle, common nettle (Urtica dioica)


bambù

From Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).


mandorlato

it-adj

mandorlato (feminine mandorlata, masculine plural mandorlati, feminine plural mandorlate)

mandorlata (feminine)
mandorlati (masculine plural)
mandorlate (feminine plural)

(relational) almonds (mainly referring to food made with almonds)


susina

From susino (“plum tree”), from Vulgar Latin *susīna, from Latin Sūsa (“ancient capital of Elam”).


germe di grano

it-noun

germe di grano m (plural germi di grano)


finocchione

a variety of sweet fennel typical of Bologna


platano

Borrowed from Latin platanus, from Ancient Greek πλάτανος (plátanos).

plane, plane tree (tree of the genus Platanus)


guada

Variant of gualda, probably influenced by guado.

Reseda luteola
Reseda luteola#Translingual


anice

From Latin anīsum, from Ancient Greek ἄνῑσον (ánīson), from Egyptian i-K1:n-s-t-Hn:Z2 (jnst), name of an edible plant (possibly anise).


mangostano

Garcinia mangostana
Garcinia mangostana#Translingual


manioca

Manihot esculenta
Manihot esculenta#Translingual


ontano

Alnus glutinosa
Alnus glutinosa#Translingual

common alder, black alder, European alder (tree, Alnus glutinosa)


genziana

From Latin gentiana, possibly ultimately from Illyrian [Term?].


ginestra

→ Albanian: gjineshtër, gjeshtër


pineta

From Latin pīnēta. By surface analysis, pino + -eta.


altea

Borrowed from Latin althaea, from Ancient Greek ἀλθαία (althaía, “marshmallow, Althaea officinalis”), from ἀλθαίνω (althaínō, “to heal”).

der

Althaea officinalis
Althaea officinalis#Translingual


scilla

From Latin scilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla).


sesamo

From Latin sīsamum, variant of sēsama, from Ancient Greek σήσαμον (sḗsamon, “sesame seed”).


algarrobo

Borrowed from Spanish algarrobo, from algarroba, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرُّوبَة (al-ḵarrū́ba), from Arabic الْخَرُّوب (al-ḵarrūb).

der

الْخَرُّوبَة


canna da zucchero

it-noun

canna da zucchero f (plural canne da zucchero)


baldo

it-adj

baldo (feminine balda, masculine plural baldi, feminine plural balde)

balda (feminine)
baldi (masculine plural)
balde (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Old French bald, from Frankish *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz. Cognate with Old English beald. More at English bold.

bold, self-confident, brave, fearless, doughty


grosella

currant (fruit of bushes of the genus Ribes)


agrifoglio

From earlier *acrifoglio, from Latin acrifolium, from acer (“bitter, sharp”) + folium (“leaf”). Compare Catalan grèvol, Occitan grefuèlh, agrèvol, Franco-Provençal agriblon. Cf. also aquifolium, whence Spanish acebo, Portuguese azevinho.


colombina

From colomba (“dove”) + -ina (diminutive suffix).

affix

a dove-shaped sort of sweet Easter focaccia bread, sometimes with a hard-boiled egg in the middle


coto

Borrowed from Spanish coto, of Tupian origin.


rabarbaro

→ German: Rhabarber


coriandolo

From coriandro + -olo, with loss of the second /r/.


aconito

aconite (plant and herbal preparation), monkshood


centinodia

Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum aviculare#Translingual


centonervia

From cento (“one hundred”) + nervi (“nerves”).

com

piantaggine maggiore
piantaggine maggiore#Italian

(Tuscan) Synonym of piantaggine maggiore (“greater plantain”)


amaranto

From Latin amarantus, from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos, “unfading”).

der

Amaranthus caudatus
Amaranthus caudatus#Translingual


carrubo

From Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb, “locust bean pod”).


giaggiolo

From older giaggiuolo, from Old Italian ghiaggiuolo, from Latin gladiolus.


capelvenere

From Late Latin capillus Veneris (a kind of maidenhair, literally “Venus' hair”).

inh

Adiantum capillus-veneris
Adiantum capillus-veneris#Translingual

Adiantum capillus-veneris; maidenhair fern


farinaccio

Chenopodium album
Chenopodium album#Translingual


gaggia

From Ancient Greek ἀκακία (akakía). Doublet of acacia.

Vachellia farnesiana
Vachellia farnesiana#Translingual


salice

From Latin salix, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥H-ik- (“willow”).

willow (tree of the genus Salix; the wood of this tree)


spelta

From Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”).

Triticum spelta
Triticum spelta#Translingual


farro

→ English: farro

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *farrum, from Latin far (“emmer”).

Triticum dicoccum
Triticum dicoccum#Translingual


corniola

From corniolo, ultimately from Latin cornus.

the fruit of the cornel, cornelian cherry


gelso

From earlier *celso, from Latin mōrus celsā (“high mulberry tree”).


olivastro

→ Albanian: ullastër, ullashtër


sicomoro

From Latin sycomorus, from Ancient Greek σῡκόμορος (sūkómoros): σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + μόρον (móron, “black mulberry”).

Ficus sycomorus
Ficus sycomorus#Translingual

sycomore fig, sycamore (Ficus sycomorus)

Acer pseudoplatanus
Acer pseudoplatanus#Translingual

sycamore maple, sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)

Platanus occidentalis
Platanus occidentalis#Translingual

sycamore, American sycamore, plane (Platanus occidentalis)


papiro

Learned borrowing from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπῡρος (pápūros).

Cyperus papyrus
Cyperus papyrus#Translingual

(uncountable) papyrus (plant) (Cyperus papyrus)


anacardio

Borrowed from Medieval Latin anacardium, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “on, upon”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”).

Anacardium occidentale
Anacardium occidentale#Translingual


pistacchio

→ Catalan: pistatxo

desctree

→ English: pistachio
→ Japanese: ピスタチオ (pisutachio)
→ Korean: 피스타치오 (piseutachio)
→ Malay: pistacio, pistasio
→ Thai: พิสตาชีโอ (pís-dtaa-chí-ôo)
→ Welsh: pistasio

→ Esperanto: pistako

From Latin pistacium (possibly through Latin *pistaculum), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion). Of Iranian origin. See also πιστάκη (pistákē).


susino

From Vulgar Latin *susīna, from Latin Sūsa.


grano saraceno

it-noun

grano saraceno m (plural grani saraceni)


chinotto

From a diminutive of Cina (“China”), referring to the fruit's origin.

a plant, Citrus myrtifolia, grown throughout Italy


geranio

From Ancient Greek γέρανος (géranos, “crane”).


cotogno

From Latin cotōneus, from cotōneum, from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion), whence also Greek κυδώνι (kydóni) and κυδωνιά (kydoniá).


cotogna

From cotogno (“quince tree”), or less likely a Vulgar Latin root cotōnea, taken as a feminine singular from the plural of Latin cotōneum, ultimately from Ancient Greek κυδώνιον (kudṓnion). Also possibly from mela cotogna, from Latin māla cotōnea, also a feminine singular from the plural of mālum cotōneum (“quince tree”).


gattice

From gatto (“cat”), due to the shape and hairiness of the spikes, reminiscent of a cat's tail.


gattaia

From gatto (“cat”) + -aia. Distinct form gattara.


cocomero asinino

it-noun

cocomero asinino m (plural cocomeri asinini)

Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium#Translingual

Ecballium elaterium; squirting cucumber, exploding cucumber


acalifa

Borrowed from New Latin Acalypha, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλύφη (akalúphē).

acalypha (any plant of the genus Acalypha)


stella di Natale

stella di Natale f (plural stelle di Natale)


acanto

From Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos).

Acanthus mollis
Acanthus mollis#Translingual

(botany, architecture) acanthus (Acanthus mollis)


pomodorino

From pomodoro + -ino (diminutive suffix).


grano duro

From grano (“wheat; grain”) + duro (“hard; erect”).


riso integrale

riso integrale m (usually uncountable, plural risi integrali)


loglio

Inherited from Latin lolium. Compare Portuguese joio, Spanish joyo and Catalan jull.


lentisco

Quelle, che per arte si traggono sono come il vino, l'olio, la pece, il sugo del lentisco, della logorizia, et altri simili.

1567, Ricettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook], page 4:

The ones [things] that are extracted are, for example, wine, oil, pitch, the juice of the mastic, of the licorice, and other similar ones.

Pistacia lentiscus
Pistacia lentiscus#Translingual


arborio

After Arborio, a town in Piedmont; the toponym is most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare Italian arboreo.


terebinto

From Latin terebinthus, from Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos, “terebinth tree”).


issopo

From Latin hysopum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos).


rondinella

From rondine + -ella (diminutive suffix).

a football/soccer player in the Brescia team (having colours/colors similar to the bird)


puntarella

Cichorium intybus
Cichorium intybus#Translingual

(cooking) a form of chicory (Cichorium intybus), specifically the sprouting stems


colchico

Colchicum autumnale
Colchicum autumnale#Translingual

autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale and similar)


zea

From translingual Zea, from Latin zēa (“spelt”), from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá).


clementina

Borrowed from French clémentine, from Clemente.


balausta

From Latin balaustium (“flower of the wild pomegranate”), from Ancient Greek βαλαύστιον (balaústion).


sughera

Quercus suber
Quercus suber#Translingual


tamarindo

→ German: Tamarinde

→ Danish: tamarinde

→ Dutch: tamarinde

From Old French tamarinde, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy).

der

تَمْر هِنْدِيّ


pummarola

Borrowed from Neapolitan pummarola (“tomato”), in turn an alteration of Italian pomodoro (literally “golden fruit, golden apple”).

der

(southern Italy, chiefly Naples) tomato sauce, especially for pasta


vilucchio

From a Vulgar Latin *volūculum, derived from Latin volvō (“to roll, wrap”).

Convolvulus arvensis
Convolvulus arvensis#Translingual

the plant Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed)


convolvolo

(botany) any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers


sabal

Synonym of palmetto (New World palms) (fan palms)


citiso

From Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos), of unknown (probably Pre-Greek) origin.


eschio

From Vulgar Latin *esclus, from Latin aesculus.

Quercus petraea
Quercus petraea#Translingual

(Tuscany) Synonym of eschia
sessile oak (Quercus petraea)

Quercus robur
Quercus robur#Translingual

(Tuscany) Synonym of eschia
English oak (Quercus robur)


gramigna

Bermuda grass, quackgrass, couch grass, quickgrass, quitchgrass, doggrass, scutch grass, twitch, witchgrass

a type of short slender yellow-green coloured/colored egg pasta similar to vermicelli traditionally cooked in Emilia-Romagna


henné

Borrowed from French henné. Compare Italian henna.


biodo

Probably from Vulgar Latin *budula, diminutive of Late Latin buda.

simplestem bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)


bislingua

Ruscus aculeatus
Ruscus aculeatus#Translingual

the plant butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus


bistorta

Persicaria bistorta
Persicaria bistorta#Translingual


lunaria

Borrowed from translingual Lunaria, from lūna or Lūna, from the white-silver color of the fruit similar to that of Moon.


centocchio

From cento (“hundred”) + occhi (“eyes”).


fiorone

From fiore + -one. Compare French fleuron.


adonide

From New Latin Adonis, from Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

pheasant's eye (plant of the genus Adonis)


sanguinella

From Latin sanguis (“blood”, oblique stem sanguin-) + -ella.

Cornus sanguinea
Cornus sanguinea#Translingual


albero da frutto

it-noun

albero da frutto m (plural alberi da frutto)


albero del paradiso

albero del paradiso m (plural alberi del paradiso)


ailanto

From New Latin Ailanthus, from Ambonese Malay ai lanto (“tree (of) heaven”).


vulneraria

Feminine form of vulnerario (“curative, vulnerary”).

kidney vetch, woundwort (Anthyllis vulneraria)


gigaro

Unknown. The only attestation in Latin presents it as Gaulish:
c. 400, Marcellus Empiricus, De medicamentis, 10:58:
Polypum emendat herba proserpinalis, quae Graece draconteum, Gallice gigarus appellatur, vel sucus eius naribus infundatur vel si papyrus inde infecta et spicillo involuta naribus inseratur et postera die educatur; omnes enim morbi radices extrahi eius iniectione manifestum est.
A nasal tumour is leeched out by the serpentine, which the Greeks call δρακόντιον (drakóntion), the Gauls gigarus. Either its sap is trickled into the nostrils or a piece of paper is drenched in it and put around a probe which is inserted into the nose and pulled out the next day; it is manifest that all roots of illness can be drawn out by way of this injection.
But this is implausible since the word is exclusive to the Tuscany. It appears then that Etruscan was meant instead—indeed in the Dioskurides interpolations 2, 167 it is mentioned that the Θοῦσκοι (Thoûskoi, “Etruscans”) call it γιγάρουν (gigároun), var. γιγάρουμ (gigároum):
40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica 2.167:^(http://www.poesialatina.it/_ns/Greek/testi/Dioscorides/De_materia_medica_(recensiones_e_codd._Vindob.).html):
δρακοντία μικρά· οἱ δὲ ἄρον, οἱ δὲ ἀρίς, οἱ δὲ ἔπαρσις, οἱ δὲ παρνοπόγονον, οἱ δὲ κυνό‹ζ›ολον, οἱ δὲ φοινίκεον, οἱ δὲ ὀνοκεφάλιον, οἱ δὲ ἐφιάλτιον, Αἰγύπτιοι ἐβρών, οἱ δὲ ἐρυθμόν, Ῥωμαῖοι βῆτα λεπορίνα, Θοῦσκοι γιγάρουμ, Ἰστριανοὶ λάγμα, Δάκοι κουριοννηκούμ, Ἄφροι ἀτειρνοιχλάμ, Σύροι λοῦφαν.
drakontía mikrá; hoi dè áron, hoi dè arís, hoi dè éparsis, hoi dè parnopógonon, hoi dè kunó‹z›olon, hoi dè phoiníkeon, hoi dè onokephálion, hoi dè ephiáltion, Aigúptioi ebrṓn, hoi dè eruthmón, Rhōmaîoi bêta leporína, Thoûskoi gigároum, Istrianoì lágma, Dákoi kourionnēkoúm, Áphroi ateirnoikhlám, Súroi loûphan.

quote-book

De medicamentis

A nasal tumour is leeched out by the serpentine, which the Greeks call <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">δρακόντιον</i> (drakóntion), the Gauls gigarus. Either its sap is trickled into the nostrils or a piece of paper is drenched in it and put around a probe which is inserted into the nose and pulled out the next day; it is manifest that all roots of illness can be drawn out by way of this injection.

Q

Arum maculatum
Arum maculatum#Translingual

cuckoopint, arum (Arum genus and species, especially Arum maculatum)


patata americana

it-noun

patata americana f (plural patate americane)


cavolino di Bruxelles

cavolino di Bruxelles m (plural cavolini di Bruxelles)


cavoletto di Bruxelles

cavoletto di Bruxelles m (plural cavoletti di Bruxelles)


pavera

name of several kinds of water plants, such as sedges, reedmaces, rushes etc.


cipollaccio

From cipolla (“onion”) + -accio (pejorative of cipolla).


cipollone

From cipolla (“onion”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


fagiolone

From fagiolo (“bean”) + -one (augmentative suffix).

Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus coccineus#Translingual

runner bean, scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)


finocchiaccio

From finocchio + -accio (pejorative of finocchio).


cicerchia

From Latin cicercula, diminutive of cicer (“chickpea”).

chickling vetch (plant with edible seeds similar to peas)


cime di rapa

turnip greens, rapini (Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris var. esculenta)


cavolo di Bruxelles

it-noun

cavolo di Bruxelles m (plural cavoli di Bruxelles)


acagiù

Borrowed from French acajou, itself a borrowing from Portuguese acaju, from Old Tupi acaiu.


abelmosco

Borrowed from Spanish abelmosco, from New Latin abelmoschus, from Arabic حَبّ الْمِسْك (ḥabb al-misk, “pills of musk”).

der

حَبّ الْمِسْك


mela selvatica

it-noun

mela selvatica f (plural mele selvatiche)


mela cotogna

From Latin māla cotōnea, from the plural of mālum cotōneum (“quince tree”), from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion).

uder

μηλοκυδώνιον


melo selvatico

it-noun

melo selvatico m (plural meli selvatici)


acetosella

Oxalis acetosella
Oxalis acetosella#Translingual


palma da cocco

palma da cocco f (plural palme da cocco)


palma da dattero

palma da dattero f (plural palme da dattero)

Phoenix dactylifera
Phoenix dactylifera#Translingual

date palm (Phoenix dactylifera in the family Arecaceae)


palma da datteri

palma da datteri f (plural palme da datteri)


acetosa

From Late Latin acētōsus, from Latin acētum.

Rumex acetosella
Rumex acetosella#Translingual


agnocasto

Vitex agnus-castus
Vitex agnus-castus#Translingual


alcanna

From Medieval Latin alkanna, alcanna, from Arabic الحِنَّاء (al-ḥinnāʔ).


alchechengi

Borrowed from Old Spanish alquequenje, from Arabic الْكَاكَنْج (al-kākanj, “bladder cherry”), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kākanag).

der

Alkekengi officinarum
Alkekengi officinarum#Translingual

Physalis alkekengi
Physalis alkekengi#Translingual

bladder cherry, winter cherry, Chinese lantern (the plant Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi))


alisso

Lobularia maritima
Lobularia maritima#Translingual

sweet alyssum (plant Lobularia maritima)


prugnolo

St. George's mushroom
St. George's mushroom

(mycology) St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)


pomodoro ciliegino

it-noun

pomodoro ciliegino m (plural pomodori ciliegini)


fragolina di bosco

fragolina di bosco f (plural fragoline di bosco)


arancia sanguinella

arancia sanguinella f (plural arance sanguinelle)


olivello spinoso

olivello spinoso m (plural olivelli spinosi)


olivella

(mollusk) purple dwarf olive (Olivella biplicata)


olivella spinosa

olivella spinosa f (plural olivelle spinose)


acero bianco

box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple (tree, Acer negundo)


acero americano

acero americano m (plural aceri americani)


acero campestre

acero campestre m (plural aceri campestri)

Acer campestre
Acer campestre#Translingual


acero saccarino

acero saccarino m (plural aceri saccarini)

Acer saccharinum
Acer saccharinum#Translingual


acero da zucchero

acero da zucchero m (plural aceri da zucchero)

Acer saccharum
Acer saccharum#Translingual


acero di monte

acero di monte m (plural aceri di monte)

Acer pseudoplatanus
Acer pseudoplatanus#Translingual

sycamore maple, sycamore (tree, Acer pseudoplatanus)


acero giapponese

acero giapponese m (plural aceri giapponesi)

Acer palmatum
Acer palmatum#Translingual


acero platanoide

acero platanoide m (plural aceri platanoidi)

Acer platanoides
Acer platanoides#Translingual


bagigi

Short for babbagigi (“chufa, tiger nut”), from Arabic حَبّ الْعَزِيز (ḥabb al-ʕazīz, “chufa, tiger nut”).

der

حَبّ الْعَزِيز

(northern Italy, especially Venice) peanuts


bagolaro

the nettle tree or hackberry (of genus Celtis)


baggiana

From Latin [faba] bāiāna (“bean from Baiae”).


balsamina

See balsamo (“balsam”). Also compare New Latin Balsamina.

(botany, by extension) the genus Impatiens


carpino orientale

it-noun

carpino orientale m (plural carpini orientali)

Oriental hornbeam (tree, Carpinus orientalis)


carpinella

European hophornbeam
European hophornbeam

Ostrya carpinifolia
Ostrya carpinifolia#Translingual

European hophornbeam (tree, Ostrya carpinifolia)


carpino bianco

carpino bianco m (plural carpini bianchi)

Carpinus betulus
Carpinus betulus#Translingual

common hornbeam, European hornbeam (tree, Carpinus betulus)


frassino meridionale

frassino meridionale m (plural frassini meridionali)

Fraxinus angustifolia
Fraxinus angustifolia#Translingual

narrow-leafed ash (tree (Fraxinus angustifolia)


frassino maggiore

frassino maggiore m (plural frassini maggiori)

Fraxinus excelsior
Fraxinus excelsior#Translingual

common ash, European ash (tree, Fraxinus excelsior)


frassino comune

frassino comune m (plural frassini comuni)


albero della manna

albero della manna m (plural alberi della manna)

Fraxinus ornus
Fraxinus ornus#Translingual


frassino da manna

frassino da manna m (plural frassini da manna)


frassino ossifillo

frassino ossifillo m (plural frassini ossifilli)

narrow-leafed ash (tree, Fraxinus angustifolia)


frassinella

gas plant, burning bush (Dictamnus albus)


begliuomini

From begli uomini (“handsome men”, singular bell'uomo), by unknown association.

Impatiens balsamina
Impatiens balsamina#Translingual

balsam, garden balsam (plant, Impatiens balsamina)


marruca

Paliurus spina-christi
Paliurus spina-christi#Translingual

Jerusalem thorn, Christ's thorn (Paliurus spina-christi)


olmaria

Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria#Translingual


olmo campestre

olmo campestre m (plural olmi campestri)


ontano nero

Alnus glutinosa
Alnus glutinosa#Translingual

black alder, European alder (tree, Alnus glutinosa)


betonica

From Latin betōnica or ve(t)tōnica, from Vettones, a people in Lusitania of possible Celtic origin, either Gaulish, Celtiberian, or Hispano-Celtic. Compare French bétoine, Spanish betónica.

Stachys officinalis
Stachys officinalis#Translingual


tanaceto

Tanacetum vulgare
Tanacetum vulgare#Translingual


brugo

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin brūcus.

inh+

Calluna vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris#Translingual


calta

Borrowed from Latin caltha, from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos), καλθε (kalthe, “yellow flower”).


campanellino

campanellini (plural)
of campanello (diminutive)


frumentone

From frumento (“grain”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


cembro

From Northern Italian (compare Piemontese sémber, Lombardo zémbro), from Romansch schember, from Raetic *𐌊𐌉𐌌𐌓𐌖 (*kimru).

stone pine, umbrella pine, cembrum pine (Pinus pinea)


pino marittimo

it-noun

pino marittimo m (plural pini marittimi)

Pinus pinaster
Pinus pinaster#Translingual

maritime pine (tree of the species Pinus pinaster)


albero di Giuda

albero di Giuda m (plural alberi di Giuda)


spino di Giuda

spino di Giuda m (plural spini di Giuda)

Gleditsia triacanthos
Gleditsia triacanthos#Translingual

honey locust tree (Gleditsia triacanthos)


topinambur

Borrowed from French topinambour, from Old Tupi Tupinamba, the name of a South American tribe where the plant was thought to have originated.

Helianthus tuberosus
Helianthus tuberosus#Translingual

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)


centocchio comune

centocchio comune m (plural centocchi comuni)


colocasia

taro, elephant ears (plant of genus Colocasia)


colubrina

Learned borrowing from Late Latin colubrīna (“arum”), nominalized feminine form of Classical Latin colubrīnus (“serpent-like”), derived from coluber (“snake”).

der

Blitum bonus-henricus
Blitum bonus-henricus#Translingual

Good King Henry (the plant Blitum bonus-henricus)


imperatoria

From New Latin Imperatoria, the previous genus in which this plant was assigned.


corniolo

From Latin corneolus, a diminutive of corneus, from cornus (“cornel, dogwood”). Compare also the older form cornio, from corneus.


crespino

From Vulgar Latin *ācrispīnum (literally “sharp-thorned”), calqued from Ancient Greek ὀξυάκανθα (oxuákantha).

inh

Berberis vulgaris
Berberis vulgaris#Translingual

common barberry, barberry (Berberis vulgaris)


cuscuta

From Medieval Latin cuscūte, cuscūthe, cuscūta, cuscūtha, from Arabic كُشُوث (kušūṯ), from Aramaic כְּשׁוּתָא / ܟܫܽܘܬܳܐ (kəšūṯā), probably from כַּשָׁא / ܟܰܫܳܐ (kašā, “to pile up”) because of the jumbled fashion in which this parasitic plant climbs trees, else from Akkadian 𒃢 (SILA₄, “kasû”), a plant with many small seeds used for spice, fumigation and medicine, just like Cuscuta species.

der

Aramaic כְּשׁוּתָא


dicentra

From translingual Dicentra, from Ancient Greek δίκεντρος (díkentros, “having two stings”).

(botany) any plant of the Dicentra taxonomic genus

Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Lamprocapnos spectabilis#Translingual

Dicentra spectabilis
Dicentra spectabilis#Translingual

(by narrowing) bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis, formerly Dicentra spectabilis)


lauroceraso

Prunus laurocerasus
Prunus laurocerasus#Translingual


dionea

Borrowed from translingual Dionaea, from Ancient Greek Διωναία (Diōnaía), a name of Aphrodite.

Dionaea muscipula
Dionaea muscipula#Translingual


luffa

From New Latin, from Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa).


dieffenbachia

Borrowed from translingual Dieffenbachia, genus named after German physician, geologist and naturalist Johann Karl Ernst Dieffenbach (1811–1855).

named-after

dieffenbachia (plant of the genus Dieffenbachia)


dittamo

From Latin dictamnum, from Ancient Greek δίκταμνον (díktamnon).


bella di notte

it-noun

bella di notte f (plural belle di notte)

Mirabilis jalapa
Mirabilis jalapa#Translingual

four o'clock flower, marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa)


lantana

Viburnum lantana
Viburnum lantana#Translingual

wayfaring-tree, hoarwithy (plant of species Viburnum lantana)


senecione

Borrowed from Late Latin seneciōnem (“old man”).

bor+

(botany) any plant of the Senecio taxonomic genus


cinnamomo

→ Maltese: ċinnamonu

Borrowed from Latin cinnamōmum, from Ancient Greek κῐννᾰ́μωμον (kinnámōmon).


dulcamara

From Latin dulcamāra. Compare Italian dolce (“sweet”), amaro (“bitter”).


ebbio

From Vulgar Latin *eblum, syncopated form of Latin ebulum.


elaterio

From Latin elatērium, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήριον (elatḗrion).

Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium#Translingual

squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)

click beetle, snapping beetle (of family Elateridae)


elicriso

strawflower, everlasting (of genus Helichrysum)


evonimo

From Latin euonymos (Pliny), from Ancient Greek εὐώνυμος (euṓnumos, “lucky”), from εὖ (eû, “good”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

uder

Euonymus europaeus
Euonymus europaeus#Translingual


farnia

Quercus robur
Quercus robur#Translingual

pedunculate oak, English oak (Quercus robur)


farfara

Borrowed from Latin farfara and later the species epithet.

Tussilago farfara
Tussilago farfara#Translingual


noce americano

it-noun

noce americano m (plural noci americani)

hickory (any of various trees of the genus Carya)


giuggiolo

From Latin zīzyphus, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon).

Ziziphus jujuba
Ziziphus jujuba#Translingual


nepitella

→ English: nepitella

a perennial herb of species Clinopodium nepeta (syn. Calamintha nepeta)


robinia

(botany) Any member of the genus Robinia (falsa acacia)


levistico

From Late Latin levisticum < Latin ligusticus.


rosolaccio

Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas#Translingual

corn poppy, Flanders poppy, field poppy (Papaver rhoeas)


loppio

From the older form oppio with concretion of the initial article, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *oplus < Latin opulus. Compare Sicilian loppiu.

Acer campestre
Acer campestre#Translingual


luparia

From lupo (“wolf”). Compare Late Latin [herba] lupāria, attested in glosses.

Aconitum lycoctonum
Aconitum lycoctonum#Translingual

(uncountable) northern wolf's-bane (Aconitum lycoctonum)


melangolo

Citrus aurantium
Citrus aurantium#Translingual

Seville orange, bitter orange (Citrus aurantium) (tree)


meliloto

sweet clover, melilot (of genus Melilotus)


melica

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


miscanto

From New Latin Miscanthus, from Ancient Greek μίσχος (mískhos, “petiole”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).


mirabolano

Borrowed from Old French mirabolan, from Latin myrobalanum, from Ancient Greek μυροβάλανος (murobálanos).


mugo

From Northern Italian (compare Venetan mugo, muga, Ticinese Lombard muf), from Raetic *𐌌𐌖𐌊𐌖 (*muku, *mugu).


nepente

From Latin nēpenthes, from Ancient Greek νηπενθής (nēpenthḗs, “sorrow-banishing”) (neuter), from νη- (nē-, “not”) + πένθος (pénthos, “grief”).


nocepesco

From noce (“walnut tree”) + pesco (“peach tree”).


ononide

From Latin onōnis, from Ancient Greek ὀνωνίς (onōnís).


nettarina

Substantivization of the feminine singular of nettarino (adjective).


pinocchio

From Vulgar Latin *pīnuculus, from pīnus (“pine”) + -culus (diminutive suffix).


piombaggine

From Latin plumbāginem. By surface analysis, piombo + -aggine.


pioppicolo

it-adj

pioppicolo (feminine pioppicola, masculine plural pioppicoli, feminine plural pioppicole)

pioppicola (feminine)
pioppicoli (masculine plural)
pioppicole (feminine plural)


raperonzolo

→ German: Rapunzel (see there for further descendants)

Ultimately from Medieval Latin rapuntium from Latin rapunculus, diminutive of rapum (“turnip”). By surface analysis, rapa (“turnip”) + -onzolo.

surf

Campanula rapunculus
Campanula rapunculus#Translingual


renella

From rena (“sand”) + -ella (diminutive suffix).

affix

(medicine) the formation of particularly small kidney stones


lapazio

From Latin lapathium, lapathii (“sorrel”).


salsapariglia

desc

سپارنا ,سپارنه ,صپارنه

→ Ottoman Turkish: سپارنا (saparna)/سپارنه (saparna)/صپارنه (saparna)

Turkish: saparna


santoreggia

Satureja hortensis
Satureja hortensis#Translingual

(particularly) summer savory (Satureja hortensis)


disa

From Arabic دِيس (dīs). Compare English diss.


scamonea

From Latin scamōnea, scammōnea, scammōnia, from Ancient Greek σκαμμωνίᾱ (skammōníā).

a bindweed of species Convolvulus scammonia: scammony


scarola

→ Catalan: escarola

desctree

→ French: scarole, escarole (dated)
→ English: escarole
→ German: Escarol, Eskarol, Escariol, Eskariol

→ Occitan: escarola

→ Portuguese: escarola, escariola

→ Spanish: escarola, escariola

(US, Italian-American slang) money, dollar bills, lettuce


poa

Borrowed from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).


veccia

(regional) many legume plants from the genus Lathyrus and Lotus; vetchling


terminalia

Borrowed from translingual Terminalia, from Late Latin terminālis.

any plant in the Terminalia taxonomic genus


akebia

Borrowed from translingual Akebia, from Japanese アケビ (akebi).


scolopendrio

Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium#Translingual

hart's tongue, hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium


scotano

From Latin cotinus, from Ancient Greek κότινος (kótinos).

Cotinus coggygria
Cotinus coggygria#Translingual


sommacco

From Arabic سُمَّاق (summāq), perhaps through Old Spanish, though the retained gemination -mm- suggests direct borrowing (e.g. in Sicily).


stiancia

Typha latifolia
Typha latifolia#Translingual

reedmace, bulrush, cattail (Typha latifolia)


tabaccone

it-noun

tabaccone m (plural tabacconi, feminine tabaccona)


tamaro

black bryony (Dioscorea communis, syn. Tamus communis)


ulmaria

Filipendula ulmaria
Filipendula ulmaria#Translingual


verdello

From verde (“green”) + -ello (diminutive suffix).

affix

(viticulture) Verdello (Italian wine grape variety)


visciolo

From visciola (“sour cherry, morello cherry”).

sour cherry tree, morello cherry tree (Prunus cerasus var. austera)


visciola

Borrowed from Frankish or Lombardic wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- (“mistletoe”). Compare German Weichsel.

Prunus cerasus var. austera
Wikispecies:Prunus cerasus var. austera

sour cherry, morello cherry (fruit of Prunus cerasus var. austera)


amamelide

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἁμαμηλίς (hamamēlís, “possibly the medlar”).

der

Hamamelis virginiana
Hamamelis virginiana#Translingual

witch hazel, wych hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)


babaco

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβ
Proto-Tupian *ʔa
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa
Old Tupi 'ybá
Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu
Old Tupi -gûasu
Old Tupi 'ybagûasu
Nheengatu babasúbor.
Brazilian Portuguese babaçubor.
Italian babaco
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese babaçu.

bor+

Alternative form: babassu


bombace

Borrowed from translingual Bombax, from Medieval Latin bombax, alternative form of bambax (“cotton wool”).


grindelia

grindelia (plant of the genus Grindelia)


ginepro articolato

it-noun

ginepro articolato m (plural ginepri articolati)

Tetraclinis articulata
Tetraclinis articulata#Translingual


crambe

Borrowed from translingual Crambe, from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).

der

(botany) any member of the Crambe taxonomic genus


tordilio

Borrowed from translingual Tordylium, from Ancient Greek τορδύλιον (tordúlion).


diospiro

(regional) Synonym of cachi (“persimmon”)


calabassa

Borrowed from French calebasse, calabasse.

Crescentia cujete
Crescentia cujete#Translingual

Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual

calabash (Crescentia cujete or Lagenaria siceraria)


afaca

yellow pea, yellow vetch (Lathyrus aphaca)


artanita

Borrowed from Medieval Latin artanita, from Arabic عَرْطَنِيثَا (ʕarṭanīṯā), from Classical Syriac ܥܲܪܛܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (ʿarṭānīṯā).

عَرْطَنِيثَا

Arabic عَرْطَنِيثَا (ʕarṭanīṯā)


armellino

desctree

→ German: Marille
→ Czech: meruňka
→ German: Marunke
→ Ladin: marila, marile
→ Polish: morela
→ Ukrainian: море́ля (morélja)
→ Serbo-Croatian: марѐлица / marèlica
→ Slovak: marhuľa
→ Slovene: marẹ̑la, marẹ̑lica


babbagigi

From Arabic حَبّ الْعَزِيز (ḥabb al-ʕazīz, “chufa, tiger nut”).

bor

حَبّ الْعَزِيز

Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus esculentus#Translingual


bulbocastano

From Latin bulbus (“bulb”) + Ancient Greek κάστανον (kástanon, “chestnut”).

der

Bunium bulbocastanum
Bunium bulbocastanum#Translingual

great pignut, earthnut (Bunium bulbocastanum)


cocuncio

Capparis spinosa
Capparis spinosa#Translingual


osmanto

Osmanthus fragrans
Osmanthus fragrans#Translingual

osmanthus (especially Osmanthus fragrans)


meliga

From earlier melica, from Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica (“Median”). Compare Catalan melca.


sabadiglia

Borrowed from Spanish cebadilla, derived from cebada (“barley”).


sanguinello

From sangue (“blood”), sanguigno (“bloody”).

a variety of orange, grown in Sicily, bearing fruit with a blood red pulp


andiroba

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese andiroba, from Old Tupi îandyroba (“bitter oil”).


abrotano

From Latin abrotonum, from Ancient Greek ἀβρότονον (abrótonon, “wormwood, southernwood”).

Artemisia abrotanum
Artemisia abrotanum#Translingual


acoro

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄκορος (ákoros).


appiolo

it-adj

appiolo (feminine appiola, masculine plural appioli, feminine plural appiole)

appiola (feminine)
appioli (masculine plural)
appiole (feminine plural)


arnoglossa

Borrowed from Late Latin arnoglossa, from Ancient Greek ἀρνόγλωσσον (arnóglōsson, literally “lamb's tongue”).

der

Plantago lanceolata
Plantago lanceolata#Translingual

narrowleaf plantain, ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata)


artocarpo

Artocarpus altilis
Artocarpus altilis#Translingual


asaro

Borrowed from Latin asarum (“wild nard”), from Ancient Greek ἄσαρον (ásaron).

bor+

(botany) any member of the Asarum taxonomic genus


zedoaria

Curcuma zedoaria
Curcuma zedoaria#Translingual


nigritella

any of various mountain orchids of the genus Nigritella


cavolo nero

Brassica oleracea var. acephala#Translingual

kale (Brassica oleracea var. acephala, edible plant similar to cabbage)


baccherina

ploughman's-spikenard (Inula conyzae, now Pentanema conyzae)


carnaroli

carnaroli (medium-grain variety of rice)


latiro

From translingual Lathyrus, from Ancient Greek λάθυρος (láthuros).


verdacchio

From verde (“green”) + -acchio (“somewhat”, attenuative suffix).


asebo

Pieris japonica
Pieris japonica#Translingual


vescicaria

From Latin [herba] vēsīcāria (“bladder grass”).

der

Colutea arborescens
Colutea arborescens#Translingual


aleurite

Borrowed from New Latin Aleurites, from Ancient Greek ἀλευρίτης (aleurítēs, “made of wheat flour”).

candlenut (any plant of the genus Aleurites)


salicornia

samphire, glasswort (plant of the genus Salicornia)


bisnaga

Borrowed from Spanish biznaga, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بِسْنَاج (bisnāj), بِسْتِنَاجَة (bistināja), بِشْتِْنَاجَة (bištināja), بِشْتِنَاقَة (bištināqa, “parsnip”), from Latin pastināca (“parsnip, carrot”). Doublet of pastinaca.


pado

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πάδος (pádos).


ervo

Borrowed from translingual Ervum, from Latin ervum (“vetch”).


fraina

Borrowed from Lombard fraina, from Latin farragō. Doublet of farragine.


cedrangolo

From cedro (“cedar”) + Ancient Greek ἄγγουρον (ángouron, “cucumber”). Compare Sicilian citràngulu.


cipero

From Latin cypērus, from Ancient Greek κύπειρος (kúpeiros).


serpillo

Thymus serpyllum
Thymus serpyllum#Translingual

wild thyme (plant of the species Thymus serpyllum)


paspalo

From translingual Paspalum, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).


idraste

From New Latin Hydrastis, from Ancient Greek ὑδράστινα (hudrástina, “kind of hemp”).


petonciano

From Arabic بَاتِنْجَان (bātinjān), from now archaic Persian باتنگان (bâtengân), from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī, “aubergine”). Compare melanzana.

der

Sono da preferirsi i petonciani piccoli e di mezzana grandezza, nel timore che i grossi non siano amari per troppa maturazione.

1876, Pellegrino Artusi, La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiar bene [The Science of Cooking and the Art of Fine Dining], BUR, published 2010, →ISBN:

Small or medium-sized aubergines should be preferred, fearing the bigger ones are bitter due to excessive ripeness.

Nei diversi dialetti italiani la melanzana è denominata petonciano, petronciano o petronciana, merinzana, maranzana, merignani (nel Lazio), malignane (in Campania), milangiane (in Calabria), mulinciani (in Sicilia) e dizioni similari.

2014, Giovanni Ballarini, La cucina dei numeri primi [The Cookery of Prime Numbers], Tarka, →ISBN:

In the various dialects of Italy eggplant is named petonciano, petronciano or petronciana, merinzana, maranzana, merignani (in Lazio), malignane (in Campania), milangiane (in Calabria), mulinciani (in Sicily) and similar denominations.

(rare, central Italy, chiefly Tuscan) aubergine (British); eggplant (US)

central Italy; chiefly Tuscan; central Italy; chiefly Tuscan


spaccasassi

Verb-object compound, composed of spacca (“to break, to split”) + sassi (“stones, rocks”).


metella

Borrowed from French métel, from Arabic جَوْز مَاثِل (jawz māṯil).

der

جَوْز مَاثِل

Datura innoxia
Datura inoxia#Translingual


doronico

Borrowed from New Latin Doronicum, from Arabic دَرَانَج (darānaj, “a kind of groundsel”).


camedrio

From Latin chamaedrys, from Ancient Greek χαμαίδρυς (khamaídrus).


bellio

Borrowed from translingual Bellium, derived from Bellis.


bamia

From Arabic بَامِيَا (bāmiyā) or بَامِيَة (bāmiya).

Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus esculentus#Translingual


matallo

Viburnum lantana
Viburnum lantana#Translingual

wayfaring-tree, hoarwithy (plant of species Viburnum lantana)


corcoro

From New Latin Corchorus, from Ancient Greek κόρχορος (kórkhoros).


aspraggine

bristly oxtongue (plant of the genus Picris echioides)


falanghina

Possibly, through Neapolitan, from Latin phalanga (“pole for carrying things”, by extension “pole for sustaining grapevine”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phálanx, “line, rank”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”). Compare falanga and falange.

(also uncountable) falanghina (grape and wine from Campania)


liparide

From translingual Liparis, from Ancient Greek.


cameceraso

From Latin chamaecerasus, from Ancient Greek.


corruda

asparago selvatico
asparago selvatico#Italian


ilatro

mock privet (plant of the genus Phillyrea)


salcerella

From salce, variant of salice (“willow”).

water-purslane (plant of the species Lythrum portula)


forasacco

Verb-object compound, composed of fora (“to pierce”) + sacco (“sack”).


vite vergine

(botany) Parthenocissus quinquefolia: Virginia creeper


lattaiola pungente

it-noun

lattaiola pungente f (plural lattaiole pungenti)


lattugaccio

From lattuga (“lettuce”) + -accio (pejorative suffix).

suffix

Chondrilla juncea
Chondrilla juncea#Translingual

nakedweed, a plant of species Chondrilla juncea


lattaiola

From latte (“milk”) + -aiola (adjectival derivational suffix).

(regional) used to indicate several plants of the family Asteraceae, such as Chondrilla juncea


lattughella

From lattuga (“lettuce”) + -ella (diminutive suffix).

Valerianella locusta
Valerianella locusta#Translingual

the plant Valerianella locusta; corn salad, lamb's lettuce


eschia

With gender shift, from Vulgar Latin *esclus, from Latin aesculus. See also eschio, with the same meaning.

Quercus petraea
Quercus petraea#Translingual

(regional) sessile oak (Quercus petraea)

Quercus robur
Quercus robur#Translingual


catalogna

From Catalogna (“Catalonia”), where this variety came from.

a variety of chicory used in some regional dishes


salice piangente

it-noun

salice piangente m (plural salici piangenti)


spadona

it-adj

spadona (feminine-only, feminine plural spadone)


santoreggia domestica

it-noun

santoreggia domestica f (plural santoregge domestiche)

Satureja hortensis
Satureja hortensis#Translingual


santoreggia montana

santoreggia montana f (plural santoregge montane)


quercia spinosa

quercia spinosa f (plural querce spinose)

Quercus coccifera
Quercus coccifera#Translingual


farnetto

From Latin farnus (a kind of oak) with a diminutive suffix.

Quercus frainetto
Quercus frainetto#Translingual


fragno

Metathesis from Latin farneus (adjective), derived from farnus (“a kind of oak”).

Quercus trojana
Quercus trojana#Translingual


bessera

From translingual Bessera, genus name derived from the name of botanist Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser.


miyagawa

1936: from Japanese 宮川 (みやがわ, Miyagawa, “Shrine River”), a nickname for Kamo River in Kyōto, on whose banks it was possibly grown.

bor

Citrus unshiu
Citrus unshiu#Translingual

satsuma (seedless cultivar of tangerine, Citrus unshiu)


ciavardello

Sorbus torminalis
Sorbus torminalis#Translingual

wild service tree (tree of the species Sorbus torminalis)


calderugia

Senecio vulgaris
Senecio vulgaris#Translingual


senecione abrotanino

it-noun

senecione abrotanino m (plural senecioni abrotanini)


senecione comune

senecione comune m (plural senecioni comuni)


solleccione

From Late Latin seneciōnem (“old man”). Doublet of senecione.

Synonym of calderugia: groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)


verzellina

Synonym of calderugia: common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)


senecione biancastro

senecione biancastro m (plural senecioni biancastri)


senecione a foglie lunghe

senecione a foglie lunghe m (plural senecioni a foglie lunghe)


senecione alpino

senecione alpino m (plural senecioni alpini)


senecione biancheggiante

senecione biancheggiante m (plural senecioni biancheggianti)


senecione palustre

senecione palustre m (plural senecioni palustri)


senecione subalpino

senecione subalpino m (plural senecioni subalpini)


senecione silvano

senecione silvano m (plural senecioni silvani)


senecione serpeggiante

senecione serpeggiante m (plural senecioni serpeggianti)


senecione sudafricano

senecione sudafricano m (plural senecioni sudafricani)

narrow-leaved ragwort (Senecio inaequidens)


senecione di San Giacomo

senecione di San Giacomo m (plural senecioni di San Giacomo)

Literally, “St. James' groundsel”, named after St. James the Great.

Jacobaea vulgaris
Jacobaea vulgaris#Translingual

Senecio jacobaea
Senecio jacobaea#Translingual

common ragwort, St. James' wort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea)


senecione di Fuchs

senecione di Fuchs m (plural senecioni di Fuchs)

Literally, “Fuchs' groundsel”, named after German physician and botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).


senecione montanino

it-noun

senecione montanino m (plural senecioni montanini)


erba renella

Synonym of asaro europeo (“asarabacca, hazelwort”)


nardo selvatico

nardo selvatico m (plural nardi selvatici)


asaro europeo

Asarum europaeum
Asarum europaeum#Translingual

asarabacca, hazelwort (Asarum europaeum)


berberide

(botany) any member of the Berberis taxonomic genus


Senatore Cappelli

Named after Italian politician Raffaele Cappelli (1848–1921).

named-after

Si prova una certa emozione nel vedere distese intere di grani Duro Lucano, Saragolla, Senatore Cappelli, dalle spighe alte più di una persona, con i quali si potranno ottenere paste e farine vere.

2007, Gino Girolomoni, Maccheroni acqua e farina. 90 ricette di una rinnovata cultura alimentare, Editoriale Jaca Book, →ISBN, page 131:

Il grano fu messo in commercio nel 1923 con il nome di Cappelli, nel frattempo divenuto senatore. Strampelli rilasciò anche altre varietà di grano duro come il Milazzo e il Tripolino, ma fu il Senatore Cappelli a ottenere il maggiore successo tra […]

2013, Dario Bressanini, Pane e bugie: La verità su ciò che mangiamo. I pregiudizi, gli interessi, i miti, le paure, Chiarelettere, →ISBN:


Saragolla

Questo settantatreenne agricoltore di Torano - da tre lustri specializzato nella lavorazione del farro rosso - è l’anima di un piccolo gruppo di coltivatori che - dalle colline sull’Adriatico fino alla Fortezza di Civitella - ha riportato alla luce un cereale dimenticato per secoli: il grano Saragolla.

2004 July 11, “E a Torano la pasta con l’archeo-grano”, in Corriere della Sera:

(agriculture) a hard wheat variety similar to kamut, Triticum turanicum subsp. polonicum


porraccio

From porro (“leek”) + -accio (pejorative suffix).


sebesteno

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin sebesten, from Arabic سِبِسْتَان (sibistān), from Persian سگپستان (sag-pestân, literally “dog teat”), from سگ (sag, “dog”) + پستان (pestân, “teat”).


porrandello

Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ampeloprasum#Translingual

wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum)


girlo

Probably from Vulgar Latin *gȳrulus, diminutive of gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”).

(Tuscany) Synonym of mochi (“bitter vetch”)


fagiolo corallo

it-noun

fagiolo corallo m (plural fagioli corallo)

Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus coccineus#Translingual

runner bean, scarlet runner bean, multiflora bean (Phaseolus coccineus)


erba corsa

Daphne gnidium
Daphne gnidium#Translingual


gnidio

Synonym of erba corsa (“flax-leaved daphne”)


brecco

Unknown. Possibly akin to German Brache (“fallow”). For semantics, compare Albanian fëng (“Chrysopogon gryllus; uncultivated land”).

ncog

erba da spazzola
erba da spazzola#Italian

Chrysopogon gryllus
Chrysopogon gryllus#Translingual

(Tuscany) Synonym of erba da spazzola (“Chrysopogon gryllus”)


erba da spazzola

Literally, “brush grass”, from the use of its roots to make rough brushes.


avicennia

From translingual Avicennia, from the name of Persian polymath Avicenna.


alcanna spuria

it-noun

alcanna spuria f (plural alcanne spurie)

Alkanna tinctoria
Alkanna tinctoria#Translingual


calcatreppola

any of various thorny plants:
field eryngo (Eryngium campestre)


cedracca

From Medieval Latin ceterah, itself from Persian.

Asplenium ceterach
Asplenium ceterach#Translingual


palma delle Canarie

palma delle Canarie f (plural palme delle Canarie)

Canary Island date palm, pineapple palm (Phoenix canariensis within the family Arecaceae)


palma dum

doum palm, gingerbread tree, doom palm (Hyphaene thebaica)


palma di Betel

palma di Betel f (plural palme di Betel)

Areca catechu
Areca catechu#Translingual


carciofo romanesco

carciofo romanesco m (plural carciofi romaneschi)


carciofi alla giudia

a way of frying carciofi romaneschi, a variety of artichoke, in Rome Italy.


pizzutello

a type of tomato used for regional sauces specific of Sicily


riso venere

Literally, “Venus rice, beautiful-woman rice”.


riso carnaroli

carnaroli rice (variety of medium-grained rice)


riso semifino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; medium-grained rice


riso arborio

arborio rice (variety of short-grained rice)


riso fino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; medium-to-long-grained rice


riso superfino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; extra-long-grained rice


riso comune originario

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; short-grained rice


barba di frate

it-noun

barba di frate f (plural barbe di frate)

In questa fase della nostra storia, occorre fare scelte consapevoli. Le verdure, in questo periodo, sono molto adatte: gli asparagi sono un tipo di vegetale primaverile come la barba di frate (molto più conveniente).

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barilla plant (Soda inermis, syn. Salsola soda) (succulent shrub native to the Mediterranean Basin)


gigaro scuro

Arum maculatum
Arum maculatum#Translingual


calaminta

Borrowed from Latin calamintha, from Ancient Greek καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē).


patata del Canada

patata del Canada f (plural patate del Canada)


girasole del Canada

girasole del Canada m (plural girasoli del Canada)


tartufo di canna

tartufo di canna m (plural tartufi di canna)


carciofo di Gerusalemme

carciofo di Gerusalemme m (plural carciofi di Gerusalemme)


tartufolo

→ Alemannic German: artuffula

→ Bavarian: gartufela, kartufula

desc

→ German: Tartuffel, Tartüffel, Kartoffel (see there for further descendants)

→ German Low German: Kantüffel, Kartuffel, Kartüffel, Kortüffel

→ Estonian: kartul

→ Latvian: kartupelis

→ Hunsrik: Kartoffel


gelsomino doppio

it-noun

gelsomino doppio m (plural gelsomini doppi)

gelsomino mugherino
gelsomino mugherino#Italian


gelsomino mugherino

gelsomino mugherino m (plural gelsomini mugherini)

(flower) Indian jasmine (Jasminum auriculatum)


saeppola

butterweed, Canadian horseweed (Erigeron canadensis)


acanzio

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκάνθιον (akánthion).

bor+

Onopordum acanthium
Onopordum acanthium#Translingual


ispaghul

From Hindi इसबगोल (isabgol), of the same meaning.


malva canapina

palm-leaf marshmallow (Althaea cannabina)


malvavischio

Althaea officinalis
Althaea officinalis#Translingual

Synonym of malva canapina (Althaea cannabina)


malvaccione

malva (“mallow”) + -accio (pejorative suffix) + -one (augmentative suffix)


canapa indiana

it-noun

canapa indiana f (plural canape indiane)

Cannabis indica
Cannabis indica#Translingual

(uncountable) Indian hemp (Cannabis indica)


canapa del Canada

canapa del Canada f (plural canape del Canada)

Apocynum cannabinum
Apocynum cannabinum#Translingual

(uncountable) hemp dogbane, (US) Indian hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)


canapa acquatica

canapa acquatica f (plural canape acquatiche)

Eupatorium cannabinum
Eupatorium cannabinum#Translingual

(uncountable) hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum)


gaggia arborea

gaggia arborea f (plural gaggie arboree)


strozzalupo

Verb-object compound, composed of strozza (“to choke, to strangle”) + lupo (“wolf”).

it-verb-obj

(regional) Synonym of luparia (“northern wolf's-bane”)


iaborandi

Borrowed from Portuguese jaborandi, from Old Tupi.


serratola

dyer's plumeless saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria)


crespigno

common sow thistle
common sow thistle#English

Sonchus oleraceus
Sonchus oleraceus#Translingual

name of several species in the genus Sonchus, especially common sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus)


sonco

Borrowed from Latin sonchus, from Ancient Greek σόγχος (sónkhos).


agropiro

wheatgrass (grass of the genus Agropyron)


asparago selvatico

it-noun

asparago selvatico m (plural asparagi selvatici)


cumino dei prati

cumino dei prati m (plural cumini dei prati)


mercorella

→ Serbo-Croatian: (Istria, Krk)

Latin script: merkurèla, mrkorèla, mrkonèla, mrkvela, mrkvjela

Cyrillic script: меркурѐла, мркорѐла, мрконѐла, мрквела, мрквјела

Mercurialis annua
Mercurialis annua#Translingual

mercury (Mercurialis gen. et spp., especially Mercurialis annua)


falso prezzemolo

falso prezzemolo m (plural falsi prezzemoli)

Synonym of cicuta minore (“fool's parsley”)


cicuta di Socrate

cicuta di Socrate f (plural cicute di Socrate)

Synonym of cicuta maggiore (“poison hemlock”)


cicuta maggiore

cicuta maggiore f (plural cicute maggiori)

Conium maculatum
Conium maculatum#Translingual

(uncountable) poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)


cicuta minore

(uncountable) fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium)


cicuta rossa

Geranium robertianum
Geranium robertianum#Translingual

(uncountable) herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)


cicuta acquatica

cicuta acquatica f (plural cicute acquatiche)

Cicuta virosa
Cicuta virosa#Translingual

(uncountable) cowbane, northern water hemlock (Cicuta virosa)


pesca nettarina

pesca nettarina f (plural pesche nettarine)


pesco noce

nectarine (Prunus persica subsp. persica)


noce del Pará

noce del Brasile
noce del Brasile#Italian


noce vomica

Strychnos nux-vomica
Strychnos nux-vomica#Translingual

strychnine tree, nux vomica (Strychnos nux-vomica)


noce di hickory

noce di hickory f (plural noci di hickory)


noce delle Maldive

noce delle Maldive f (plural noci delle Maldive)


noce di acagiù

noce di acagiù f (plural noci di acagiù)


noce del Queensland

noce del Queensland f (plural noci del Queensland)

small-fruited Queensland nut (Macadamia ternifolia)


noce del Brasile

noce del Brasile f (plural noci del Brasile)


noce nero

Juglans nigra
Juglans nigra#Translingual

(uncountable) black walnut (Juglans nigra)


noce delle Molucche

noce delle Molucche m (plural noci delle Molucche)


noce di bankul

noce di bankul m (plural noci di bankul)


ocna

From the name of the genus Ochna, from Ancient Greek ὄχνη (ókhnē, “pear tree”).


erba acciuga

Satureja hortensis
Satureja hortensis#Translingual

Synonym of santoreggia; summer savory (Satureja hortensis)


raboso

(uncountable) a red wine produced from this grape


icaco

Ellipsis of prugno icaco (“cocoplum tree”).


icaco

Ellipsis of prugna icaco (“cocoplum fruit”).


quebracho bianco

quebracho bianco m (plural quebracho bianchi)

white quebracho (Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco)


lanciola

From Late Latin lanceŏla, diminutive form of lancea. By surface analysis, lancia (“spear”) + -ola (diminutive suffix).

surf

Synonym of arnoglossa (“narrowleaf plantain”)


piantaggine lanciuola

it-noun

piantaggine lanciuola m (plural piantaggini lanciuole)


piantaggine maggiore

piantaggine maggiore f (plural piantaggini maggiori)

Plantago major
Plantago major#Translingual

common plantain, greater plantain (Plantago major)


cinquenervi

From cinque (“five”) + nervi (“nerves”). Compare Ancient Greek πεντάνευρον (pentáneuron), with the same meaning.

piantaggine maggiore
piantaggine maggiore#Italian


marupa

wood from trees of the family Simaroubaceae


scindapso

Borrowed from translingual Scindapsus, from Ancient Greek σκινδαψός (skindapsós).

any plant in the Scindapsus taxonomic genus


puleggio

Mentha pulegium
Mentha pulegium#Translingual


mirride

From Latin myrrhis, from Ancient Greek μυρρίς (murrhís), from μύρρᾱ (múrrhā).

Myrrhis odorata
Myrrhis odorata#Translingual


combava

Citrus hystrix
Citrus hystrix#Translingual


brentolo

Calluna vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris#Translingual

(mostly in the plural) common heather, ling (Calluna vulgaris)


cusso

kousso, a tree of species Hagenia abyssinica.


centaurea minore

centaurea minore f (plural centauree minori)


pigamo

From Late Latin pīganum, alternative form of pēganum (“rue”), ultimately from Ancient Greek πήγανον (pḗganon).


talittro

From New Latin Thalictrum, from Latin thalictrum, ultimately from Ancient Greek θάλικτρον (tháliktron, “meadowrue”).


calenzuola

Uncertain, but compare calenzuolo (“greenfinch”).

Euphorbia helioscopia
Euphorbia helioscopia#Translingual


ippomane

Borrowed from New Latin Hippomane, from Ancient Greek ἱππομανές (hippomanés, “thorn-apple”).


catapuzia

Euphorbia lathyris
Euphorbia lathyris#Translingual


manzaniglio

From Spanish manzanillo, diminutive of manzana (“apple”).


calamondino

Citrus × microcarpa
Citrus × microcarpa#Translingual


crotontiglio

Croton tiglium
Croton tiglium#Translingual


cirimoia

From Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya.

Annona cherimola
Annona cherimola#Translingual


testucchio

From Late Latin festuculum, from Latin festuca (“straw; stalk, stem”). The initial t- is due to influence of testa (“head”).

Acer campestre
Acer campestre#Translingual


euterpe

Borrowed from translingual Euterpe, from Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē, muse of lyric poetry).


nebbio

Reshaping of ebbio, probably influenced by nebbia (“fog”), because of the plant's white flowers.


dragontea

From Late Latin dracontēa, from Classical Latin dracontēus (“of a serpent”, adjective).

Dracunculus vulgaris
Dracunculus vulgaris#Translingual


lansio

any plant in the Lansium taxonomic genus


ligodio

Borrowed from translingual Lygodium, derived from Ancient Greek λυγώδης (lugṓdēs, “willow-like”).


sbergia

a variety of peach cultivated in Sicily and Calabria


stancabue

Verb-object compound, composed of stanca (“to tire”) + bue (“ox”), because the thorny, resistant plant would stop oxen in their tracks during ploughing. See also restabue.


ingrassabue

Verb-object compound, composed of ingrassa (“to fatten”) + bue (“ox”).

(Tuscan) name of several leguminous plants, and of several plants of the Galium taxonomic genus


restabue

Verb-object compound, composed of resta (“to stop”) + bue (“ox”), because the thorny, resistant plant would stop oxen in their tracks during ploughing. See also stancabue.


calancoa

Borrowed from translingual Kalanchoe, from New Latin Kalanchauhuy as recorded by Georg Joseph Kamel, from a Sinitic source akin to Cantonese 伽藍菜／伽蓝菜 (gaa¹ laam⁴ coi³, literally “temple plant”).


borasso

Borrowed from New Latin Borassus, derived from Ancient Greek βόρασσος (bórassos).

palmyra palm (tree of the genus Borassus)


spillettoni

Synonym of acicula (“shepherd's needle”)


erba pazienza

Rumex patientia
Rumex patientia#Translingual


embelia

Borrowed from translingual Embelia, of uncertain origin.

any plant of the genus Embelia of tropical and subtropical plants found from Africa to Australia and Pacific islands


tragoselino

From Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).


facelia

Borrowed from translingual Phacelia, derived from Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle, faggot”).


aristotelia

Borrowed from translingual Aristotelia, derived from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs, “Aristotle”).

any tree of the Aristotelia taxonomic genus


dicipellio

Borrowed from translingual Dicypellium, derived from Ancient Greek δι- (di-, “two”) + κύπελλον (kúpellon, “cup”).

any plant of the Dicypellium taxonomic genus


bumelia

Borrowed from translingual Bumelia, derived from Ancient Greek βουμελία (boumelía, “ash”, tree).


boswellia

Borrowed from translingual Boswellia, genus named after Scottish biographer, diarist and lawyer James Boswell (1740–1795).

named-after

any plant in the Boswellia taxonomic genus


cubebe

From Medieval Latin cubeba, from Arabic كُبَابَة (kubāba).


meliaca

From Latin armeniaca (“apricot tree”), derived from Armenia.


blumenbachia

Borrowed from translingual Blumenbachia, genus named after German physician, naturalist, physiologist and anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840).

named-after

any plant of the Blumenbachia taxonomic genus