huauzontle
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish huauzontle.
Noun
[edit]huauzontle (uncountable)
- A flowering plant of the goosefoot family, consumed primarily for its edible inflorescence.
- Synonym: Aztec broccoli
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Nahuatl huāuhtli (“amaranth”) + tzontli (“hair, head”), because of the shape of the plant's inflorescence.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /w̝auˈθontle/ [w̝au̯ˈθõn̪.t̪le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /w̝auˈsontle/ [w̝au̯ˈsõn̪.t̪le]
- Rhymes: -ontle
- Syllabification: huau‧zon‧tle
Noun
[edit]huauzontle m (plural huauzontles)
See also
[edit]- huauzontle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
[edit]- “huauzontle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ontle
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- es:Amaranths and goosefoots
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