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Meaning of morillóns




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

morillóns
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Basque name of the wild strawberry. It is also known as meruéndano, amorillón, amorón, amorillote, morongo or érbedo. Its scientific name is Fragaria vesca. It belongs to the Rosaceae family.

  




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MORILLÓNS in Galicia : Fragaria vesca is one of the names in Galician for the wild strawberry. They are everywhere. Of white flowers, they are to grow yellow and ripen red, contrasting with the unmistakable toothed green leaves. By areas of Deza they are known as morillóns, to converge in name with the érbedo (here morogo). They call them morillón in Cruces, in Carballo es careixón, in Ribadavia morodo and in Tui morote. Also amorillón, amorón, amorillote. The plant is called amorilloteira in Galician.

  



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