zoyate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zoyatl (“palm”).

Noun

zoyate m (plural zoyates)

1. a type of palm tree (Brahea dulcis)
2. the fiber of this tree, used to make rope

Further reading

• “zoyate” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.