botilhão

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• butilhão

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو طِيلُون (ʔabū ṭīlūn). Doublet of abutilão and abutilo<t:abutilon>.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bo.t͡ʃiˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [bo.t͡ʃiˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.tiˈʎɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: bo‧ti‧lhão

Noun

botilhão m (plural botilhões)

1. bladder wrack (Fucus vesiculosus, an edible seaweed of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans)