Diccionario de Chile

coiron

Vocabula Chilensia

vc-1642 N №53

Cairon

significados

  • latínFoenum
  • españolHeno
  • inglésthatch/grass

nota

The Latin is for 'hay', while the word 'coiron' refers to a a grass (poaceae). The name is used in Spanish and according to Meyer-Rusca originally from Quechua, so it could have come through either. Thanks to BVA.
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53. Cairon | Foenum | Heno | coiron | thatch/grass | N | root | coiron? | thatch/grass | The Latin is for 'hay', while the word 'coiron' refers to a a grass (poaceae). The name is used in Spanish and according to Meyer-Rusca originally from Quechua, so it could have come through either. Thanks to BVA.