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Meaning of gamon




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

gamon
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The correct term is gamon, with tilde. It is one of the vulgar names of a plant in Spain. It is also known as St. Joseph's wand, suede or asphodelo. Its scientific name is Asphodelus albus and belongs to the family Xanthorrhoeaceae.

  




Anónimo

GAMON, NA: in Salamanca, wiry, thin.

  


Felipe Lorenzo del Río

The gamon ( asphodelus albus ) It is a plant that in traditional ready ( northwestern province of Zamora ) It was considered a magic plant, an antidote to the witches; something like garlic to vampires; but has also had the function of lighting fixtures of lucerina ( 41 oil; or oil when it was dry his rod, until came electricity, back in the 1950s. For this reason it was called " aciendecandiles " or " 34 enciendecandiles;.

  


Adamis Barrios

Asphodel, Asphodel: seeds... plant with erect leaves long figure of sword, white flowers with a red line on each petal and Tuberculous roots, whose cooking has been used to cure skin diseases.

  



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