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单词 epazote
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Definition of epazote in English:

epazote

noun ˈɛpəzəʊtˈɛpəˌzoʊt
  • A tall herbaceous plant native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico, used as a pungent culinary herb and vegetable in Mexican cooking and to make a herbal tea.

    Dysphania ambrosioides, family Chenopodiaceae; formerly called Chenopodium ambrosioides

Origin

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl.

Definition of epazote in US English:

epazote

nounˈɛpəˌzoʊtˈepəˌzōt
  • A tall herbaceous plant native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico, used as a pungent culinary herb and vegetable in Mexican cooking and to make a herbal tea.

    Dysphania ambrosioides, family Chenopodiaceae; formerly called Chenopodium ambrosioides

nounˈɛpəˌzoʊtˈepəˌzōt
  • A pungent herb used in Latin-American cooking and for tea.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Herbs such as epazote (from Mexico), ginger or hing (asafoetida from India) are traditional ways to reduce gas from food.
    • Traditional remedies for flatulence include flavoring beans with fennel, ginger or epazote, a Mexican herb.
    • A quesadilla is a ‘turnover’ made by folding a fresh tortilla in half around a simple filling such as cheese, epazote (a pungent herb), and pepper, or potatoes and chorizo, and deep-frying it.
    • Two neatly bundled tamales, husk ends tied, open to reveal a steaming jumble of black beans, epazote, shiitakes, oyster mushrooms and manchego with red mole-drenched, achiote-rubbed pulled chicken.
    • While the beans soak, you can further reduce their gas-causing properties by adding either fresh or dried epazote, a Mexican herb, or kombu, a dried seaweed.

Origin

Mexican Spanish, from Nahuatl.

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