English Explanatory Dictionary

tequesquite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A natural mineral salt containing compounds of sodium chlorate and sodium carbonate, used by the Aztecs and later Mexicans as a food seasoning and leavening agent.

Word forms

tequesquite tequexquite tequixquite

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tequesquite, from Nahuatl tequixquitl.

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