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Definition of sotol in English: sotolnoun ˈsəʊtəʊlˈsōtōl mass noun1A North American desert plant of the agave family, with spiny-edged leaves and small white flowers. Genus Dasylirion, family Agavaceae: several species Example sentencesExamples - An alternative derivation is from the Apache word tezlingo which refers to a native plant, probably sotol, and the alcoholic drink made from it.
- Bleached stalks of agave and sotol pierce the cloudless blue sky.
- The snow over the desert clarified both the colors and the forms of its plants - Mormon tea, sotol, lechuguilla, leatherstem, acacias - and the hard frost retained the tracks of javelina.
- The sugary trunks and leaf bases of Wheeler sotol have been used to feed cattle during droughts.
- 1.1 An alcoholic drink made from the sap of the sotol plant.
Example sentencesExamples - Like its cousins, Tequila and Mezcal, Sotol has its own denomination of origin.
- Rattlesnake, having skin and head and tail removed, is fermented in sotol for serious foot infections.
- Although the process is similar to that used for mezcal, sotol is not a mezcal, since it is not made from agave.
Origin Late 19th century: via American Spanish from Nahuatl tzotolli. Definition of sotol in US English: sotolnounˈsōtōl 1A North American desert plant of the agave family, with spiny-edged leaves and small white flowers. Genus Dasylirion, family Agavaceae: several species, including smooth-leaf sotol (D. leiophyllum) Example sentencesExamples - The sugary trunks and leaf bases of Wheeler sotol have been used to feed cattle during droughts.
- Bleached stalks of agave and sotol pierce the cloudless blue sky.
- An alternative derivation is from the Apache word tezlingo which refers to a native plant, probably sotol, and the alcoholic drink made from it.
- The snow over the desert clarified both the colors and the forms of its plants - Mormon tea, sotol, lechuguilla, leatherstem, acacias - and the hard frost retained the tracks of javelina.
- 1.1 An alcoholic drink made from the sap of the sotol.
Example sentencesExamples - Rattlesnake, having skin and head and tail removed, is fermented in sotol for serious foot infections.
- Like its cousins, Tequila and Mezcal, Sotol has its own denomination of origin.
- Although the process is similar to that used for mezcal, sotol is not a mezcal, since it is not made from agave.
Origin Late 19th century: via American Spanish from Nahuatl tzotolli. |