chicalote
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish chicalote, from Nahuatl chicalotl.
Noun
editchicalote (countable and uncountable, plural chicalotes)
- Flatbud prickly poppy (Argemone munita), a prickly poppy native to California.
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editchicalote m (plural chicalotes)
- (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador) cardosanto (Argemone mexicana)
- Synonyms: argemone, cardosanto
Further reading
edit- “chicalote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “chicalote”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ote
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