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, Philippines) /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