agapanto

agapanto

Italian

Noun

agapanto m (plural agapanti)

1. African lily (of genus Agapanthus)

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Portuguese

Noun

agapanto m (plural agapantos)

1. agapanthus (any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants)

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Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Ancient Greek ἀγάπη (agápē, “love, affection”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡaˈpanto/ [a.ɣ̞aˈpãn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: a‧ga‧pan‧to

Noun

agapanto m (plural agapantos)

1. agapanthus (any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants, especially the African lily)

Further reading

• “agapanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014