verdulaga

verdulaga

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• uerdolaga

Etymology

From an Andalusian Arabic alteration of Latin portulāca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ver.ðuˈla.ɡa]

Noun

verdulaga f (plural verdulagas)

1. purslane
   • c. 1250: Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 63r.

     Et ſi la muelen ¬ la mezclan có çumo de uerdulagas. ¬ lauan la boca có ella. Sana las llagas que ſe y fazen ¬ podrecen […]

     And if they grind it and mix it with an extract of purslane and they wash the mouth with it, it heals the wounds that form there and rot […]

Descendants

• Spanish: verdolaga