huauzontle
English
Etymology
Noun
huauzontle (uncountable)
- A flowering plant of the goosefoot family, consumed primarily for its edible inflorescence.
- Synonym: Aztec broccoli
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl huāuhtli (“amaranth”) + tzontli (“hair, head”), because of the shape of the plant's inflorescence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /w̝auˈθontle/ [w̝au̯ˈθõn̪.t̪le]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /w̝auˈsontle/ [w̝au̯ˈsõn̪.t̪le]
- Rhymes: -ontle
- Syllabification: huau‧zon‧tle
See also
- huauzontle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- “huauzontle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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