epazote
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epazote
See also: épazote
English
Etymology
From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.
Pronunciation
Noun
epazote (plural epazotes)
- 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
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References
- “epazote”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /epaˈθote/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /epaˈsote/
- Rhymes: -ote
- Syllabification: e‧pa‧zo‧te
- Homophone: (Latin America) epasote
Noun
epazote m (countable and uncountable, plural epazotes)
Descendants
Further reading
- “epazote”, 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