semilha

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish semilla (“seed”), from Latin semen (“seed”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧lha

Noun

semilha f (plural semilhas)

  1. (regional, Portugal, Madeira) potato
    • 1921, Fernando Augusto da Silva, Elucidário Madeirense:
      Morreu uma boa parte da população madeirense […] por haver faltado a semilha
      The failure of the potato crop resulted in the death of a high number of Madeirans

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