estafiate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estafiate.

Noun

estafiate (uncountable)

1. The silver wormwood, Artemisia ludoviciana.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /estaˈfjate/ [es.t̪aˈfja.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: es‧ta‧fia‧te

Noun

estafiate m (plural estafiates)

1. Either of two ragweeds, Ambrosia artemisiifolia or Ambrosia psilostachya.
2. The silver wormwood, Artemisia ludoviciana.

Further reading

• “estafiate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28