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epazote

/ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/

epazote noun: a pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.

epazote: a pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania...
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Noun

epazote (plural epazotes)

  1. A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
    Synonyms:
    wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, payqu, herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed

epazote meaning in Marathi

epazote in Marathi

herb
एपासोते epāsote

Synonyms of epazote

All synonyms of epazote

Forms of epazote

pluralepazotes

Origin of epazote

From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

Questions about epazote

What does epazote mean?
Epazote means a pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
What is epazote in Marathi?
Epazote in Marathi is एपासोते (epāsote). See Epazote meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is epazote?
Epazote is a noun.
How do you pronounce epazote?
Epazote is pronounced /ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/.
What is the plural of epazote?
The plural of epazote is epazotes.

Words near epazote in the dictionary

  1. epaulments
  2. Epaw
  3. epaxial
  4. epaxially
  5. epaxials
  6. epazote
  7. epazotes
  8. EPB
  9. EPBs
  10. EPC
  11. EPCA

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