epazote
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