painço

Portuguese

painço (Panicum miliaceum)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese painço, peinço, from Late Latin pānīcium, from Latin pānīcum, from pānus (“ear of millet”).

Cognate with Galician paínzo and Spanish panizo.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ˈĩ.su/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧in‧ço

Noun

painço m (plural painços)

  1. millet, any grass in the genus Panicum
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