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cascalote

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cascalote
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several Central American trees of the genera Libidibia or Croton.

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish cascalote, nacascolote (“divi-divi”), from Nahuatl nacazcolotl (literally “twisted ear”), from nacaztli (“ear”) + colotl (“twisted”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cascalote, nacazcolotl

Inflected Forms

cascalotes (plural)

Questions

What does cascalote mean?
Any of several Central American trees of the genera Libidibia or Croton.
Where does cascalote come from?
From Mexican Spanish cascalote, nacascolote (“divi-divi”), from Nahuatl nacazcolotl (literally “twisted ear”), from nacaztli (“ear”) + colotl (“twisted”).

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