sotol

[ soh-tohl, soh-tohl ]
/ ˈsoʊ toʊl, soʊˈtoʊl /

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, sotted, sottish, sotto voce, sotu, sou
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