amole
Americannoun
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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.
Other Word Forms
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
His gaze travelled toward the other horse, studying every bunch of mesquite and questioning every clump of amole and yucca that grew between.
From The Delafield Affair by Kelly, Florence Finch
Another variety of yucca is the amole, or soap plant.
From Arizona Sketches by Munk, J. A. (Joseph Amasa)
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 Lummis, Charles F.
I've got the deer-brush spotted, and we'll pass an amole before we go very far.
From Her Father's Daughter by Stratton-Porter, Gene
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