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sotol

/ˈsoʊˌtoʊl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
so-tol
IPA
/ˈsoʊˌtoʊl/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A distilled spirit made from the sap of some of these plants, especially Dasylirion wheeleri.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish sotol, from Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sotol, zōtolin

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈsoʊˌtoʊl/
  • British English: /ˈsəʊtəʊl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

sotols (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce sotol?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊˌtoʊl/.
What does sotol mean?
Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family.
Where does sotol come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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