zoyate

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl zoyatl (“palm”).

Noun[edit]

zoyate m (plural zoyates)

  1. a type of palm tree (Brahea dulcis)
  2. the fiber of this tree, used to make rope

Further reading[edit]

  • “zoyate” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.
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