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
She was going to Señora Melgares, she explained, who could wash laces and embroideries and all kinds of dainty things beautifully with amole root.
From The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly
After that she turned her attention to drawing a hillside whitened here and there with amole bloom showing in its purity against the warm grayish-tan background.
From Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
When you reach the place where your left hand feels empty without a piece of bread in it, just butter up another amole and try it.
From Her Father's Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter
Behind him came twenty or thirty more penitentes, the most I ever saw at once, some of them whipping themselves with big broad whips made out of amole.
From The Blood of the Conquerors by Harvey Fergusson
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