nanacate

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl nanacatl (“mushroom”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nanaˈkate/ [na.naˈka.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: na‧na‧ca‧te

Noun

nanacate m (plural nanacates)

(Mexico) an edible or hallucinogenic mushroom

See also

peyote

References

Carlos Montemayor et al. (2009) Diccionario del náhuatl en el español de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 94

Further reading

“nanacate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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