huauzontle

English

Etymology

Spanish huauzontle

Noun

huauzontle (uncountable)

1. A flowering plant of the goosefoot family, consumed primarily for its edible inflorescence.

   Synonym: Aztec broccoli

Spanish

Alternative forms

• huazontle

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl huāuhtli (“amaranth”) + tzontli (“hair, head”), because of the shape of the plant's inflorescence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /w̝auˈθontle/ [w̝au̯ˈθõn̪.t̪le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /w̝auˈsontle/ [w̝au̯ˈsõn̪.t̪le]
• Rhymes: -ontle
• Syllabification: huau‧zon‧tle

Noun

huauzontle m (plural huauzontles)

1. (Mexico) huauzontle

See also

• huauzontle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

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