a plant of the genus Dasylirion, native to SW North America and having small white flowers and linear leaves
sotol in American English
(ˈsoʊˌtoʊl; soʊˈtoʊl)
US
noun
any of a genus (Dasylirion) of yuccalike desert plants of the agave family, with dense clusters of whitish, lilylike flowers, growing in the SW U.S. and N Mexico
Word origin
AmSp < Nahuatl tzotolli
Examples of 'sotol' in a sentence
sotol
Mesquite and prickly pear, agave and tall, bloomed-out stalks of sotol gave a sparse shade for the baking land.