epazote

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/ === Noun === epazote (plural epazotes) A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides. ==== Synonyms ==== (Dysphania ambrosoides): wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, payqu (paico), herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed ==== Translations ==== === References === “epazote”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === epasote === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /epaˈθote/ [e.paˈθo.t̪e] (Spain) IPA(key): /epaˈsote/ [e.paˈso.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -ote Syllabification: e‧pa‧zo‧te Homophone: (Latin America) epasote === Noun === epazote m (countable and uncountable, plural epazotes) epazote Synonym: (Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) paico ==== Descendants ==== → English: epazote → French: épazote === Further reading === “epazote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025