samettirakuuna
Finnish
noun
Definitions
- (commercial) Mexican tarragon, sweetscented marigold, Tagetes lucida perennial plant native to Mexico and Central America with tarragon-flavored leaves, used as a medicinal plant and as a culinary herb
Etymology
Compound from Finnish sametti (velvet) + Finnish rakuuna (sense spice, tarragon).
Origin
Finnish
rakuuna
Gloss
sense spice, tarragon
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- isosamettikukka Finnish
- rakuuna Finnish
- sametinhieno Finnish
- sametinpehmeä Finnish
- sametti Finnish
- samettifarkut Finnish
- samettifarmarit Finnish
- samettihousut Finnish
- samettikukka Finnish
- samettinen Finnish
- vakosametti Finnish
- dragon Swedish
- sammet Swedish