higuerilla

Spanish

Etymology

From higuera +‎ -illa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iɡeˈɾiʝa/ [i.ɣ̞eˈɾi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /iɡeˈɾiʝa/ [i.ɣ̞eˈɾi.ʝa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /iɡeˈɾiʎa/ [i.ɣ̞eˈɾi.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /iɡeˈɾiʃa/ [i.ɣ̞eˈɾi.ʃa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /iɡeˈɾiʒa/ [i.ɣ̞eˈɾi.ʒa]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa
• Rhymes: -iʎa
• Rhymes: -iʃa
• Rhymes: -iʒa

• Syllabification: hi‧gue‧ri‧lla

Noun

higuerilla f (plural higuerillas)

1. Ricinus, Ricinus communis, castor bean, castor oil plant

   Synonyms: castor, higuera infernal, higuereta, higuerillo, ricino, tártago

2. Euphorbia lamarckii
3. Euphorbia regis-jubae

Further reading

• “higuerilla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10