English Explanatory Dictionary

butterfly agave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of agave (Agave potatorum).

Word forms

butterfly agave butterfly agaves

Etymology

Calqued from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl pāpālōtl (“butterfly”) + metl (“agave”). Cf. Spanish papalometl, papalomé.

Synonyms

drunkard agave
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