English

epazote

Noun

epazote ‎(plural epazotes)

1. A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.

Synonyms

• Jerusalem oak, Mexican tea, wormseed, drug wormseed

Translations

Spanish

Alternative forms

• epasote

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /e.paˈθo.te/
• (Others) IPA^(key): /e.paˈso.te/
• Homophone: epasote (non-Castilian dialects)
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

epazote m ‎(uncountable)

1. epazote

Synonyms

• paico m (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)

Descendants

• English: epazote
• French: épazote