izote
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl iczōtl, attested in the compound iczōxōchitl (“flower of a type of yucca”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /iˈθote/ [iˈθo.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /iˈsote/ [iˈso.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: i‧zo‧te
Noun[edit]
izote m (plural izotes)
- a species of yucca, Yucca aloifolia, native to Mexico and Central America
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “izote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Yucca aloifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Yucca aloifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies