siscla

Catalan

Etymology

Perhaps from a variant form of sisca (“cogon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsis.klə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsis.kla]

Noun

siscla f (plural siscles)

1. false bishop's weed (Ammi majus)

Further reading

• “siscla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “siscla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.