cascalote
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From Mexican Spanish cascalote, nacascolote (“divi-divi”), from Nahuatl nacazcolotl (literally “twisted ear”), from nacaztli (“ear”) + colotl (“twisted”).[1]
Noun
[edit]cascalote (plural cascalotes)
- Any of several Central American trees of the genera Libidibia or Croton.
References
[edit]- ^ “cascalote”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]cascalote m (plural cascalotes)
Further reading
[edit]- “cascalote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- English terms borrowed from Mexican Spanish
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