List of Spanish Words of Nahuatl Origin - Plants, Fruits and Vegetables

Plants, Fruits and Vegetables

  • Achiote (Bixa orellana)
  • Aguacate (Avocado)
  • Ahuehuete (Taxodium mucronatum)
  • Amate (a variety of fig)
  • Anacahuite (Cordia boissieri)
  • Anacua (Ehretia anacua)
  • Cacao
  • Camote (Sweet potato)
  • Cacahuate (Peanut)
  • Chayote
  • Chilacayote
  • Chile (Chili pepper)
  • Ejote (Green bean)
  • Elote (Maize)
  • Epazote (Dysphania ambrosioides)
  • Huizache (Vachellia farnesiana var. farnesiana)
  • Huitlacoche (Corn smut)
  • Jícama
  • Jinamaiste
  • Jitomate (Tomato)
  • Marihuana
  • Mesquite
  • Milpa
  • Nejayote
  • Nopal (Cactus)
  • Ochote
  • Ocote (Pinus montezumae)
  • Olote Cob without the corn
  • Peyote
  • Quiote (the nectar-filled stem of the Agave plant)
  • Tepescohuite (Mimosa tenuiflora)
  • Tomate (everywhere except Mexico—Tomato; Mexico—Tomatillo)
  • Tule
  • Xalapeño (Jalapeño), from its place of origin, the town of Xalapa
  • Zihuapaste
  • Zacate (Grass)
  • Zapote (Sapodilla)

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