sotol

[ soh-tohl, soh-tohl ]

/ ˈsoʊ toʊl, soʊˈtoʊl /

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noun

any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.

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Origin of sotol

1880–85, Americanism;<Mexican Spanish <Nahuatl zōtōlin

Words nearby sotol

Sothic year, Sothis, Sotho, sotie, Soto, sotol, so to speak, sotted, sottish, sotto voce, SOTU