alcazuz
Spanish
Alternative forms
- orozuz
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عِرْق السُوس (ʿirq as-sūs), via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /alkaˈθuθ/ [al.kaˈθuθ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /alkaˈsus/ [al.kaˈsus]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -uθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -us
- Syllabification: al‧ca‧zuz
Noun
alcazuz m (plural alcazuces)
- liquorice plant
Further reading
- “alcazuz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014