butterfly agave

Questions

What does butterfly agave mean?

A kind of agave (Agave potatorum).

Where does butterfly agave come from?

Calqued from a Nahuan language; equivalent to Classical Nahuatl pāpālōtl (“butterfly”) + metl (“agave”). Cf. Spanish papalometl, papalomé.

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