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单词 epazote
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epazoten.

Brit. /ˈɛpəzəʊt/, U.S. /ˈɛpəˌzoʊt/
Forms: 1800s– epazote, 1800s– epazotl (now rare).
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish epazote.
Etymology: < Mexican Spanish epazote (1768 in a text on South America) < Nahuatl epazōtl (1577 or earlier) < epatl skunk + -tzotl, combining form denoting foulness, so called on account of the plant's unpleasant smell.
A tall herbaceous plant native to Central and Southern America, Dysphania andicola (family Chenopodiaceae; formerly called Chenopodium ambrosioides), used chiefly as a pungent culinary herb and leaf vegetable in Mexican cookery, as a herbal tea, and (esp. formerly) as a herbal remedy for various conditions including worms and flatulence. Also called Mexican tea.
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1848 N.Y. Jrnl. Med. Nov. 304 Epazote, or Epazotl, (Chenopodium Ambrosioides), is known in Europe by the name of Tea of Mexico.
1891 Alumnni Rep. (Philadelphia Coll. Pharmacy) 28 113 One of these, considered by the Aztecs as an excellent remedy for asthma, was made of equal parts of Mexixquilitl (classification unknown) and Epazotl gum (Chenopodium ambrosioides).
1952 Sci. Monthly July 36 The city dwellers..strongly prefer Tepoztecan tortillas, and many continue to prepare beans with epazote.
1988 Harrowsmith Jan. 63/1 Many more, along with palate-cooling Mexican specialties such as cilantro, epazote and ‘Tatume’ summer squash.
2009 Metro 10 Feb. (London ed.) 17/3 Cut a slit in one large jalapeño and add it to the beans along with three large fresh epazote stalks and 1 tsp salt.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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