arjorán

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic أَرْجُوَان‎ (ʾarjuwān), from Aramaic אַרְגְּוָונָא‎ / ܐܰܪܓܽܘܳܢܳܐ‎ (ʾargəwānā), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu).

Noun

arjorán m (plural arjoranes)

Judas tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
Synonyms: algarrobos locos, ciclamor, árbol del amor, árbol de Judas

Further reading

“arjorán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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