alfábega

See also: alfàbega

Galician

Etymology

From Arabic حَبَق (ḥabaq, “basil”).

Noun

alfábega f (plural alfábegas)

1. basil (plant or culinary herb)

   Synonym: monforadiña

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfábega”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega