pochote

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl pōchōtl.

Noun

pochote m (plural pochotes)

(State of Mexico) shaving brush tree (Pseudobombax ellipticum)
(Sinaloa) Ceiba acuminata
Ceiba aesculifolia
silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra)
Cochlospermum vitifolium
Synonyms: algodón silvestre, apompo, madera de pasta, palo amarillo, panuco, pongolote, pomposúchitl, pumpunsuchi, tecomasúchil
Malabar chestnut (Pachira aquatica)
Synonyms: apompo, pachira, zapote bobo, zapote de agua, zapote reventador, zapotón

Derived terms

pochote de Yucatán
pochotillo

References

Catalogo alfabético de nombres vulgares y científicos de plantas que existen en México, México: Imprenta de la Dirección de Estudios Biológicos, 1923, page 511
Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 92

Further reading

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

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