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
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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
Another variety of yucca is the amole, or soap plant.
From Arizona Sketches by J. A. (Joseph Amasa) Munk
I've got the deer-brush spotted, and we'll pass an amole before we go very far.
From Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
At the right of her drawing Linda sketched in a fine specimen of monkey flower, deepening the yellow from the hearts of the amole lilies for the almost human little monkey faces.
From Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
She knew how to prepare the amole for roasting.
From Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
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