epazote

epazote

See also: épazote

English

epazote

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

Dutch: welriekende ganzenvoet m Finnish: sitruunasavikka French: épazote (fr) m, thé du Mexique m, fausse ambroisie f 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 Quechua: payqu Portuguese: mastruz m Slovene: dišéča metlíka f Spanish: epazote (es) m, paico (es) m Sranan Tongo: fukufukumenti, tingimenti, woronmenti

References

• epazote at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• epasote

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /epaˈθote/ [e.paˈθo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /epaˈsote/ [e.paˈso.t̪e]
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014