cascalote
English
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Etymology
editFrom Mexican Spanish cascalote, nacascolote (“divi-divi”), from Nahuatl nacazcolotl (literally “twisted ear”), from nacaztli (“ear”) + colotl (“twisted”).[1]
Noun
editcascalote (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
editNoun
editcascalote m (plural cascalotes)
Further reading
edit- “cascalote”, 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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