amole

[uh-moh-ley, ah-maw-le]

noun

Southwestern U.S.

plural

amoles 

1. the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.

2. any such plant itself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amole¹

< Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl ahmōlli soap

Example Sentences

The 27,500 acres of grassland, shrub land, blue oak savanna and riparian corridors serve as habitats for 299 animal species and 250 native plant species, including the Camatta Canyon amole plant, Bell’s vireo and the blunt-nosed leopard lizard as well as the endangered San Joaquin kit fox, the California condor and the giant kangaroo rat.

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The only times he has gone hunting was for wild swine, he said, partly because the pigs were killing the purple amole, an endangered purple flower that grows in central California.

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District spokeswoman Tustin Amole said the survey was “designed to make people aware that their experiences, whatever they are, wherever they come from, are not exactly the same as other people’s.”

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Ms. Amole said the survey, which Cherry Creek Schools have used since 2003 during mandatory diversity training sessions, has been effective in helping students feel better represented in school.

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“This work works,” Ms. Amole told ABC.

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