amole
Americannoun
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amoles
plural
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the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
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any such plant itself.
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Etymology
Origin of amole
< Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl ahmōlli soap
Example Sentences
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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.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
They washed their clothing with a soapy root,—the amole, now similarly used by Indians and Mexicans throughout the Southwest.
From The Spanish Pioneers by Charles F. Lummis
He was born and bred in this land of amole and cactus.”
From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Marcus Horton
“I too was born and bred in this land of amole and cactus.”
From Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance by Marcus Horton
In the meantime eight or ten men have gathered the amole and soke.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Carl Lumholtz
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