epazote

See also: épazote

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

epazote

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Etymology

From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/

Noun

epazote (plural epazotes)

1. 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

Catalan: te bord m Dutch: welriekende ganzenvoet (nl) m Finnish: sitruunasavikka French: épazote (fr) m, thé du Mexique m, fausse ambroisie f German: Mexikanischer Drüsengänsefuß m K'iche': sik'aj Marathi: एपासोते n (epāsote) Nahuatl: Central: epasotl Central Huasteca: apasotl Classical: epazotl Eastern Huasteca: apasotl Guerrero: yepajsotl Highland Puebla: epaso̱t Mecayapan: epaso̱ꞌ Michoacán: epasol Northern Puebla: yepasotl Tetelcingo: yepasojtli̱ Tlamacazapa: yepasotl Western Huasteca: apasotl Portuguese: mastruz m Quechua: payqu Slovene: dišéča metlíka f Spanish: epazote (es) m, paico (es) m Sranan Tongo: fukufukumenti, tingimenti, woronmenti Welsh: te Mecsico m

References

• “epazote”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

epazote

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Alternative forms

• epasote

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /epaˈθote/ [e.paˈθo.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /epaˈsote/ [e.paˈso.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: e‧pa‧zo‧te
• Homophone: (Latin America) epasote

Noun

epazote m (countable and uncountable, plural epazotes)

1. epazote

   Synonym: (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) paico

Descendants

• → English: epazote
• → French: épazote

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], 10 December 2024