clust y llygoden

Welsh

Etymology

Literally, the mouse's ear.

Noun

clust y llygoden f (plural clustiau'r llygoden)

  1. mouse-ear hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum syn. Hieracium pilosella)[1][2]
    Synonyms: heboglys, heboglys torllwyd, heboglys blewynnog, torllwyd, torllwydig, blewynnog
  2. mouse-ear, mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium spp.)[3][4]
    1. especially common mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium fontanum)[5]
      Synonym: clust-y-llygoden gulddail

Derived terms

Cerastium
  • clust-y-llygoden Alpaidd (Alpine mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden arfor (sea mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden bitw (dwarf mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden fach (little mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden gulddail (common mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden lwyd (grey mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden lydanddail (sticky mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden Shetland (Shetland mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden y felin (snow-in-summer)
  • clust-y-llygoden y meysydd (field mouse-ear)
  • clust-y-llygoden y mynyd (starwort mouse-ear)

References

  1. ^ Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “hawkweed”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003), Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎[2] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 63[3]
  3. ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003), Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎[4] (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, page 16[5]
  4. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “clustiaur llygoden”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  5. ^ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2018), “Y Bywiadur”, in Llên natur[6], retrieved 14 Sept 2025