mogote
Americannoun
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a residual hillock of limestone, honeycombed with cavities.
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Southwestern U.S. a patch of thickly grown brush or dense shrubbery.
Etymology
Origin of mogote
First recorded in 1925–30; from Central American Spanish, Spanish: “knoll, stack of sheaves”
Example Sentences
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Stop at a tobacco farm and learn what goes into making some of the world’s finest cigars, or, if you’re a keen climber, get a guide to show you where the best mogote climbing is.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2016
At the mogote, however, we were already near the Parracho highway and at once struck into it.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick
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