tasajo
noun
ta·sa·jo
variants or less commonly tassajo
təˈsä(ˌ)hō
plural -s
1
: jerked meat
especially : jerked beef
2
[Mexican Spanish, from Spanish] : any of several cacti of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico
especially : cholla
Word History
Etymology
Spanish tasajo, from Old Spanish, piece of meat; akin to Portuguese tossalho large piece of something to eat