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In Catalan

1. Cordó curt de dins d'un ciri o espelma que s'encén per fer llum.
2. Floc de cabells penjant.

Etymology

Possibly from a reconstructed *bledino-, a derivation of Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”). Among the many common names in the languages of Europe for Verbascum thapsus (the common mullein), whose long leaves were historically used to make wicks, are the equivalents of “wolf's tail” or “fox's tail”. (For example, Welsh cynffon llwynog (“fox's tail”), dialectal Catalan cua de guilla (“fox's tail”).)

More Catalan words

• blavós
• blazer
• blaüra
• blaürar
• blec
• blecbol
• bleda
• bleda assolellada

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