alhelí
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic الْخَيْرِيّ (al-ḵayriyy) with the same meaning.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editalhelí m (plural alhelís or alhelíes)
- wallflower (several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the genus Erysimum)
- Virginia stock, Malcolmia maritima
- Synonym: mahonesa
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “alhelí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28