jacate

noun

ja·​ca·​te

həˈkäˌtā

plural -s

: a stout shrub (Hymenoclea monogyra) of the family Compositae of the southwestern U.S. and adjacent Mexico, having alternate leaves and heads of greenish flowers and forming dense thickets in sandy arroyos

Word History

Etymology

Mexican Spanish

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