tezontle
Meanings
noun
- A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).
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