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epazote

/ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/

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From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.

noun epazotes

A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
Similar: wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, payqu, herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed

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noun herb

Español	epazote, paico
Português	mastruz
Français	épazote, thé du Mexique, fausse ambroisie
Deutsch	Mexikanischer Drüsengänsefuß

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@misc{epazote_2026,
  title = {epazote},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/epazote},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}