izote
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