sotol
See also: sòtol
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Mexican Spanish sotol, from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊtəʊl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊˌtoʊl/
Noun
sotol (countable and uncountable, plural sotols)
- Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family.
- A distilled spirit made from the sap of some of these plants, especially Dasylirion wheeleri.
Anagrams
- loots, lotos, sloot, stool, tools, tosol
Spanish
Alternative forms
- zotol (Mexico)
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈtol/ [soˈt̪ol]
- Rhymes: -ol
- Syllabification: so‧tol
Noun
sotol m (plural sotoles)
- (chiefly Mexico) sotol (desert plant)
- (chiefly Mexico) sotol (distilled spirit)
Descendants
- English: sotol
Further reading
- “sotol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014