Etymology

sabadilla

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Today it means: A Mexican and Central American plant of the family Melanthiaceae (Schoenocaulon officinale, syn. Sabadilla officinalis). Full definition →

Spanish cebadilla
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcebadilla
  2. English todaysabadilla

From Spanish cebadilla, diminutive of cebada (“barley”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.