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amole|əˈməʊleɪ|
Also ammole.
[Mexican Sp.]
The root or bulb of any one of several plants found in Mexico and California, used as a detergent; also any of such plants, esp. Chlorogalum pomeridianum, called also soap-plant (see soap n. 6 b). Also attrib.
1831Beechey Voyage II. 43 A very useful root called in that country [California] amoles. 1845Frémont Exped. (1846) 269 Great quantities of ammole (soap plant), the leaves of which are used in California for making..mats for saddle-cloths. 1884Encycl. Brit. XVII. 401/2 Yucca filamentosa, commonly called amole or soap-weed. 1886Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 518 Lechuguilla is the most important of the soap or ‘amole’ plants of Southwestern Texas and Northern Mexico. 1927Chambers's Jrnl. 227/1 Soap grows for him..in the bulbs of the curious Amole. 1928D. H. Lawrence Woman Who Rode Away 96 They..washed her all over with water and the amole infusion. |