ocote
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Spanish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *okotl, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wokon-ta.
Pronunciation
Noun
ocote m (plural ocotes)
- (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua) any of several aromatic, resinous pine species native to Mexico and Central America, especially the Montezuma pine (Pinus montezumae)
- pine torch
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
ocote m (plural ocotes)
Further reading
- “ocote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- “ocote”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019