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nejayote

nejayote noun: left over water after nixtamalization.

Noun

nejayote (uncountable)

  1. Left over water after nixtamalization.
    • In general, nixtamalization of 50 kg of maize grain requires about 75 L of water and generates almost the same amount of nejayote.2019, Rita Paz-Samaniego et al., “Nixtamalized Maize Flour By-product as a Source of Health-Promoting Ferulated Arabinoxylans (AX)”, in Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, editors, Flour and Breads...

Origin of nejayote

Borrowed from Spanish nejayote, from a Nahuan language; cf. Guerrero Nahuatl nexayotl, Tlamacazapa Nahuatl nexayotl, Pipil nexāyut.

Questions about nejayote

What does nejayote mean?
Nejayote means left over water after nixtamalization.
What part of speech is nejayote?
Nejayote is a noun.

Words near nejayote in the dictionary

  1. Neitzes
  2. Neitzke
  3. Neitzkes
  4. Neixiang
  5. Nejapa
  6. nejayote
  7. Nejd
  8. Nejdi
  9. Nejdis
  10. NEJM
  11. nek

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