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berro

Pronunciation: /ˈbero/

“berro” is a Spanish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. cress
  2. watercress

In Spanish

  1. (Nasturtium officinale) Planta perenne de entre 10 a 50 cm de altura. Los tallos ascendentes son huecos y algo carnosos, de hojas color verde oscuro, glabras, bipinnadas y con limbo ancho. Las flores son pequeñas y blancas, y se reúnen en ramilletes o panículas terminales Común en arroyos, torrentes de aguas claras y pantanos. Originaria de Europa y Asia Central, se considera uno de los vegetales…

Etymology

From Gaulish *bẹrŭro-, from Proto-Celtic *beru, akin to Old Irish bir (“water, spring”). Cognate with Asturian berriu, Galician berro and Breton beler.

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