epazote

See also: épazote

English

epazote

Etymology

From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/

Noun

epazote (plural epazotes)

1. A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.

Synonyms

• (Dysphania ambrosoides): wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, payqu (paico), herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed

Translations

herb

• Catalan: te bord m
• Dutch: welriekende ganzenvoet (nl) m
• Finnish: sitruunasavikka
• French: épazote (fr) m, thé du Mexique m, fausse ambroisie f
• German: Mexikanischer Drüsengänsefuß m
• Marathi: एपासोते n (epāsote)
• Nahuatl:

  Central: epasotl

  Central Huasteca: apasotl

  Classical: epazotl

  Eastern Huasteca: apasotl

  Guerrero: yepajsotl

  Highland Puebla: epaso̱t

  Mecayapan: epaso̱ꞌ

  Michoacán: epasol

  Northern Puebla: yepasotl

  Tetelcingo: yepasojtli̱

  Tlamacazapa: yepasotl

  Western Huasteca: apasotl

• Portuguese: mastruz m
• Quechua: payqu
• Slovene: dišéča metlíka f
• Spanish: epazote (es) m, paico (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: fukufukumenti, tingimenti, woronmenti
• Welsh: te Mecsico m

References

• “epazote”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• epasote

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Pronunciation

• 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

epazote m (countable and uncountable, plural epazotes)

1. epazote

   Synonym: (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) paico

Descendants

• → English: epazote
• → French: épazote

Further reading

• “epazote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014