pabbio

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin pābulum (“food, nourishment; pasture”). Doublet of pabulo, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpab.bjo/
• Rhymes: -abbjo
• Hyphenation: pàb‧bio

Noun

pabbio m (plural pabbi) (archaic or regional)

1. a plant of the Gramineae taxonomic family, used as fodder

References

• pabbio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• “pabbio”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 12 orad–pere, UTET, 1984, page 313