rotaboc

Catalan

Etymology

From a Mozarabicised variant of Late Latin *rotafolicum, from rota (“wheel”) and folium (“leaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ru.təˈβok]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ro.təˈbok]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ro.taˈbok]

Noun

rotaboc m (plural rotabocs)

1. (dialectal) Italian maple

   Synonym: blada (Acer opalus)

2. (dialectal) everygreen honeysuckle (Lonicera implexa)

   Synonyms: didalets de la Mare de Déu, lligabosc mediterrani

Further reading

• “rotaboc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “rotaboc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rotaboc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.