izote

Spanish

izote (Yucca aloifolia, )

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl iczōtl, attested in the compound iczōxōchitl (“flower of a type of yucca”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /iˈθote/ [iˈθo.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /iˈsote/ [iˈso.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: i‧zo‧te

Noun

izote m (plural izotes)

1. a species of yucca, Yucca aloifolia, native to Mexico and Central America

See also

• yuca

Further reading

• “izote”, 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
• Yucca aloifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Yucca aloifolia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies