Tetilla

See also: tetilla

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Proper noun

Tetilla f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Francoaceae – a monotypic genus containing Tetilla hydrocotylifolia, an herb from Chile known as the bridal wreath.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Tetillidae – certain golf ball sponges.

References

plant
sponge

English

Some cones of Tetilla cheese.

Etymology

From Spanish tetilla (“little breast”), because the cheese is usually shaped into cones that resemble breasts or (half) pears.

Noun

Tetilla (plural Tetillas)

  1. (A cone of} a cow's-milk cheese, made in Galicia, which resembles a small breast (hence the name) or a half-pear (hence the alternate name perilla).

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