sotol

See also: sòtol

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish sotol, from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊtəʊl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊˌtoʊl/

Noun

sotol (countable and uncountable, plural sotols)

1. Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family.
2. A distilled spirit made from the sap of some of these plants, especially Dasylirion wheeleri.

Anagrams

• loots, lotos, sloot, stool, tools, tosol

Spanish

Alternative forms

• zotol (Mexico)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈtol/ [soˈt̪ol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: so‧tol

Noun

sotol m (plural sotoles)

1. (chiefly Mexico) sotol (desert plant)
2. (chiefly Mexico) sotol (distilled spirit)

Descendants

• → English: sotol

Further reading

• “sotol”, 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