epazote
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See also: épazote
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
epazote (plural epazotes)
- A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Dysphania ambrosoides): wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, payqu (paico), herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed
Translations[edit]
herb
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References[edit]
- “epazote”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /epaˈθote/ [e.paˈθo.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /epaˈsote/ [e.paˈso.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: e‧pa‧zo‧te
- Homophone: (Latin America) epasote
Noun[edit]
epazote m (countable and uncountable, plural epazotes)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “epazote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- English terms borrowed from Spanish
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- English 4-syllable words
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- English nouns
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- en:Goosefoot subfamily plants
- en:Herbs
- en:Spices and herbs
- en:Tea
- Spanish terms borrowed from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote
- Rhymes:Spanish/ote/4 syllables
- Spanish terms with homophones
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Herbs
- es:Spices and herbs
- es:Goosefoot subfamily plants