Meanings
nounepazote (plural epazotes)
plural epazotes
- A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
Synonyms: wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, payqu, herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.
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Origin
- Classical Nahuatlepazōtl
- Spanishepazote
- Englishepazote
From Spanish epazote, from Classical Nahuatl epazōtl.
More words from Spanish, Classical Nahuatl
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan te bord
- te bordherb
Dutch welriekende ganzenvoet
- welriekende ganzenvoetherb
Finnish sitruunasavikka
- sitruunasavikkaherb
French épazote, thé du Mexique
- épazoteherb
- thé du Mexiqueherb
- fausse ambroisieherb
German Mexikanischer Drüsengänsefuß
- Mexikanischer Drüsengänsefußherb
Portuguese mastruz
- mastruzherb
Spanish epazote, paico
- epazoteherb
- paicoherb
Welsh te Mecsico
- te Mecsicoherb
Cite this entry
APA
epazote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epazote
MLA
“epazote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epazote. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epazote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epazote.
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