English Explanatory Dictionary

cascalote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several Central American trees of the genera Libidibia or Croton.

Word forms

cascalote cascalotes

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish cascalote, nacascolote (“divi-divi”), from Nahuatl nacazcolotl (literally “twisted ear”), from nacaztli (“ear”) + colotl (“twisted”).

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