popotillo

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popotillo

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Borrowed from Spanish popotillo from popote (“straw”) + -illo (“little”).

noun

uncountable A leafless desert shrub of the US Southwest in the genus Ephedra, used to make an herbal tea.
Similar: Brigham tea, cowboy tea, desert tea, ephedra, jointfir, Mexican tea, Mormon tea, squaw tea, teamster tea

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@misc{popotillo_2026,
  title = {popotillo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/popotillo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}