epazote

See also: épazote

English

epazote

Etymology

From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/

Noun

epazote (plural epazotes)

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

Classical Nahuatl: ^{(please verify)} epazōtl
Finnish: sitruunasavikka

Slovene: dišéča metlíka f
Spanish: epazote (es) m, paico (es) m

Spanish

Alternative forms

epasote

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Pronunciation

(Castilian) IPA^(key): /epaˈθote/, [epaˈθot̪e]

(Latin America) IPA^(key): /epaˈsote/, [epaˈsot̪e]
Homophone: epasote (non-Castilian dialects)
Rhymes: -ote

Noun

epazote m (uncountable)

epazote

Synonyms

paico (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)

Descendants

→ English: epazote
→ French: épazote

Further reading

“epazote” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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