arboç

See also: árboc and árbóc

Catalan

Alternative forms

• arbocer, arbocera

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arbuciu, from Latin arbuteus (“of the strawberry tree”), from arbutus (“strawberry tree”). Compare French arbousier, Occitan arboça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈbos]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈbos]

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• Homophone: herbós (Balearic, Central)
• Rhymes: -os
• Hyphenation: ar‧boç

Noun

arboç m (plural arboços)

1. strawberry tree

Coordinate terms

• maduixera
• frauler

Derived terms

• arboçar
• arboceda

Further reading

• “arboç” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• arboç on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca