Galician

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Galician cabbages; the stalk is called cañoto or couceiro

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Etymology

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Probably from Old Spanish, from Latin canna (cane, reed).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cañoto m (plural cañotos)

  1. stump
    Synonyms: cepa, couce, cozo, toco
  2. stalk
    Synonym: couceiro
  3. reed, cane
    Synonym: cana
  4. trunk, log
    Synonym: tronco
  5. corncob
    Synonyms: carolo, carozo
  6. shaft, calamus of a feather
    Synonym: canuto
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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “caña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos