epazote

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɛpəˈzoʊteɪ/

Noun

epazote (plural epazotes)

1. A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and tea making, and in folk medicine; Dysphania ambrosioides.

Synonyms

• (Dysphania ambrosoides) wormseed, Jesuit's tea, Mexican tea, payqu (paico), herba sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, drug wormseed

Translations

• French: épazote, thé du Mexique, fausse ambroisie
• Portuguese: mastruz
• Spanish: epazote, paico

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