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popotillo

popotillo noun: a leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.

Noun

popotillo (uncountable)

  1. A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.

Synonyms of popotillo

All synonyms of popotillo

Origin of popotillo

Borrowed from Spanish popotillo from popote (“straw”) + -illo (“little”).

Questions about popotillo

What does popotillo mean?
Popotillo means a leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.
What part of speech is popotillo?
Popotillo is a noun.

Words near popotillo in the dictionary

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  2. poposaurids
  3. poposauroid
  4. poposauroids
  5. Poposki
  6. popotillo
  7. popout
  8. popouts
  9. Popov
  10. Popovac
  11. Popovača

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