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chicalote

chicalote noun: flatbud prickly poppy (Argemone munita), a prickly poppy native to California.

chicalote: flatbud prickly poppy (Argemone munita), a prickly poppy native to California
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Noun

chicalote (countable and uncountable, plural chicalotes)

  1. Flatbud prickly poppy (Argemone munita), a prickly poppy native to California.

Forms of chicalote

pluralchicalotes

Origin of chicalote

From Spanish chicalote, from Nahuatl chicalotl.

Questions about chicalote

What does chicalote mean?
Chicalote means flatbud prickly poppy (Argemone munita), a prickly poppy native to California.
What part of speech is chicalote?
Chicalote is a noun.
What is the plural of chicalote?
The plural of chicalote is chicalotes.

Words near chicalote in the dictionary

  1. Chicagoland
  2. Chicagolander
  3. Chicagolanders
  4. Chicagorilla
  5. Chicagorillas
  6. chicalote
  7. chicalotes
  8. Chicamacomico
  9. Chicamacomico River
  10. Chican@
  11. Chican@s

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