tejocote

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tejocotes

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl texocotl (literally “stone fruit”), from tetl (“stone”) + xocotl (“plum, fruit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /texoˈkote/
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: te‧jo‧co‧te

Noun

tejocote m (plural tejocotes)

  1. (Mexico) Crataegus mexicana, a species of fruit-bearing hawthorn
  2. (Mexico) the small, yellowish fruit of this tree

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