sotol

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊtəʊl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊˌtoʊl/

sotol (countable and uncountable, plural sotols)

1. Any of several species of North American desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the asparagus family.
2. A distilled spirit made from the sap of some of these plants, especially Dasylirion wheeleri.

• loots, lotos, sloot, stool, tools, tosol

• zotol (Mexico)

From Classical Nahuatl zōtolin (“palm tree”).

• IPA^(key): /soˈtol/, [soˈt̪ol]
• Rhymes: -ol

sotol m (plural sotoles)

1. (chiefly Mexico) sotol (desert plant)
2. (chiefly Mexico) sotol (distilled spirit)

• English: sotol

• “sotol” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.