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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl pōchōtl.
Noun
pochote m (plural pochotes)
- (State of Mexico) shaving brush tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum)
- (Sinaloa) Ceiba acuminata
- Ceiba aesculifolia
- silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
- Cochlospermum vitifolium
- Synonyms: algodón silvestre, apompo, madera de pasta, palo amarillo, panuco, pongolote, pomposúchitl, pumpunsuchi, tecomasúchil
- Malabar chestnut (Pachira aquatica)
- Synonyms: apompo, pachira, zapote bobo, zapote de agua, zapote reventador, zapotón
Derived terms
References
- Catalogo alfabético de nombres vulgares y científicos de plantas que existen en México, México: Imprenta de la Dirección de Estudios Biológicos, 1923, page 511
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 92
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