quejigo

Meaning

1. (masculine) Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea)
2. (masculine) a small oak, or one that is not fully grown

Concepts

Quercus

oak

Portuguese oak

Algerian oak

Canary oak

Mediterranean oak

Hyphenated as

que‧ji‧go

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keˈxiɡo/

Etymology

Alteration of earlier cajigo, from Asturian caxigu (“oak”), from Proto-Celtic *cassicu (compare Aragonese caixico), from *cass- (“twisted, gnarled”) (compare Irish cas (“to twist”)); akin to French chêne (“oak”).

Sentences

En las laderas de solana , es el quejigo la especie más común .

On the slopes of Solana, the whining is the most common species.